A treatise on the Cornish pumping engine.

Vol. 1 forms Appendix G of Tredgold, T. The steam engine. New ed. London, 1838.Paged continuously (236 p.)v. [1] pt. I. Historical notice of the application of the steam engine to the purpose of draining the mines of Cornwall, and of its progressive improvement in that district. pt. II. Description of the Cornish pumping engine, and of its various peculiarities, as contrasted with the ordinary Boulton and Watt single-acting engine.--v. [2] pt. III. Analytical investigation of the action of the engine.Mode of access: Internet