The Boulton & Watt water supply engines : their significance in the development of canals and in the evolution of the Watt steam engine
James Watt's low lift water supply engines are shown to be a definable group, distinctly different from his better known mine pumping engines. The study of these engines has increased understanding of the evolution of Watt's ideas for improved efficiency. Many of Watt's later designs...
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University of Birmingham
1991
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.507936 |