Anecdote of Matthew Boulton and George III.--Roger Bacon on steam power--Early inventors, their steam machines and apparatus--Hero of Alexandria, Branca, De Caus--The Marquis of Worcester--His water-works--His imprisonment--His difficulties--The water-commanding engine--His “Century of Inventions”--Obscurity of descriptions of his steam-engine--Persevering struggles--His later years and death Page 1–26 Zeal of the Marchioness of Worcester--Sir Samuel Morland--His pumps and fire-engines--His privations and death--Dr. Dionysius Papin--His digester--Experiments on the power of steam--His steam-engine--Proposed steamboat--Early schemes of paddle-boats--Blasco Garay--Papin’s model engine and boa…
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