An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Steam Engine Partington Paperback

An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Steam EngineComprising a General View of the Various Modes of Employing Elastic Vapour as a Prime Mover in Mechanics\nAuthor(s): Charles Frederick Partington\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108071031, 978-1108071031\nSynopsis\nThough much about his life is uncertain, Charles Frederick Partington is known to have lectured at the London Institution between 1823 and 1830 on a variety of technical topics, and he delivered some of the first lectures specifically designed for young people. He had a particular interest in the steam engine, and this book, reissued here in the first edition of 1822, was one of the earliest overviews of its history and development. A third edition appeared in 1826. Noting the excessive frequency with which 'the faults of any new invention are unjustly magnified, while its real advantages are seldom duly appreciated', the aut.