‎Steam engine‎

‎"JOULE, J.P. (JAMES PRESCOTT) - ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTENT IMPROVEMENTS OF THE STEAM-ENGINE.‎

‎On the Surface-condensation of Steam. Received October 10, - Read December 13, 1860.‎

‎(London, Taylor and Francis, 1862). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1862 - Vol. 151. Pp. 133-160, 1 large textillustration.‎

‎First appearance of Joule's paper in which he describes his importent improvement of the Steam-Engine, using the principles of the first law of thermodynamics which he himself helped to establish.""In addition, numerous other researches stand to Joules credit -- the work done in compressing gases and the thermal changes they undergo when forced under pressure through small apertures (with Lord Kelvin), the change of volume on solution, the change of temperature produced by the longitudinal extension and compression of solids, etc. It was during the experiments involved by the first of these inquiries that Joule was incidentally led to appreciate the value of surface condensation in increasing the efficiency of the steam engine. A new form of condenser was tested on the small engine employed, and the results it yielded formed the starting-point of a series of investigations which were aided by a special grant from the Royal Society, and were described in an elaborate memoir presented to it on the 13th of December 1860 (the paper offered). His results, according to Kelvin, led directly and speedily to the present practical method of surface-condensation, one of the most important improvements of the steam engine, especially for marine use, since the days of James Watt. Joule died at Sale on the 11th of October 1889.""(NNDB)‎

Bookseller reference : 47108

‎Burg, Adam‎

‎Supplement-Band zum Compendium der populären Mechanik und Maschinen-Lehre. Apart.‎

‎Wien, Gerold 1850. XX, 547(4) S., m. 10 gef. Kupfertaf., Ln. d. Zt., berieben, fleckig, Nrn.-Et. auf ob. Buchrü., Bibl-Stemp. auf Innentit. sowie Reste eines Etiketts, Name v. alter Hd. auf flieg. Vors., Buchhändlermarke am inn. Vorderdeckel, innen schönes und sauberes Expl. Adam Ritter von Burg (1797-1882), österr. Mathematiker und Techniker. Prof. in Salzburg und Wien, Mitglied der Akad. der Wissenschaften in Wien. Erwarb sich bleibende Verdienste um die Einführung des metrischen Maß- und Gewichtssystems sowie um die Sicherheitsvorkehrungen der Dampfmaschine. Die Stadt Wien verdankte ihm die Verbesserung des Feuerlöschwesens, der Wasserversorgung und der Gasbeleuchtung.‎

Bookseller reference : TECH0687

‎Coste et Maniquet‎

‎Traité Théorique et pratique des machines à Vapeur au point de vue de la Distribution. Atlas seul.‎

‎Paris, Librairie Polytechnique Baudry, 1886. In-folio en demi chagrin au dos lisse orné de filets dorés. 1 f. de titre et 46 planches de lithographies. Bon état, sans rousseurs.‎

Bookseller reference : DEZ-5956

‎Forbes, R. J. ; E.J. Dijksterhuis‎

‎A History of Science and Technology 2: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries‎

‎A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Volume 2, pages 305 - 536. Black and white illustrations.‎

‎Langdon-Davies, John (Hrsg.)‎

‎James Watt and Steam Power.‎

‎London, Jackdaw Publications, 1967. Quer-4°. (4) S. Mit Abb. nach alten Vorlagen auf 15 Faltbogen. Lose Bogen in bedruckter Pappmappe (mit Gebrauchsspuren). + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden + = "Jackdaw", No. 13.‎

Bookseller reference : 21934AB

‎NORTHCOTT W. H.‎

‎The Theory and Action of the Steam Engine. (For Practical Men). BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH‎

‎8vo., First Edition, with several figures in the text and 3 folding charts (one repaired at fold), free endpapers lightly browned; original brown cloth, upper board framed in blind and lettered in gilt, gilt back, primrose endpapers, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright copy. SCARCE.‎

‎William Dennis Marks‎

‎The limitations of the expansion of steam: forming the sixteenth chapter of The relative proportions of the steam-engine.From 3d ed., rev. and enl.‎

‎1887 Philadelphia, Press of J.B. Lippincott Company, 1887,petit in8 broché,9, [175]-248 pages diagrams 19 cm,petit manque au dos.‎

Bookseller reference : 25410