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Steam engines

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Some papers on steam engines that can be purchased on the Internet from our on-line archive:

VolumeVol. Year TitleAuthor

35 1962-63 The Pre-Natal History of the Steam Engine (Newcomen Tercentenary) Needham, J
561984-85Sir Charles Parsons - his Invention of the Steam Turbine and Electric Generator (Centenary Symposium)various
68 1996-97The origins of James Watt's perfect engineHills, R L

21921-22A Note on Brunton's Steam Horse, 1813Pendred, L St L
21921-22Notes on Heaton's Steam Carriage, 1830Titley, A
31922-23Savery, Newcomen and the Early History of the Steam Engine, Part IJenkins, R
41923-24 Savery, Newcomen and the Early History of the Steam Engine Part IIJenkins, R
71926-27Marten Triewald and the First Steam Engine in SwedenWaerland, A
101929-30The Valve Gear of Newcomen's EngineBecker, C O & Titley, A
101929-30The First Steam Engine of AmericaLoree, L F
161935-36The Earliest News of Watt's Steam Engine to reach RussiaZabarinskij, P P
171936-37The Heat Engine Idea in the Seventeenth Century - A Contribution to the History of the Steam Engine Jenkins, R
171936-37The Steam Engine on Tyneside, 1715-1778Raistrick, A
181937-38The First Steam Engine in Wales and its Staffordshire Owners, 1714Davies, A S
181937-38A Proposal to erect an Atmospheric Steam Engine in Sweden in 1725Björkbom, C
181937-38The First High Pressure Steam Engine in AmericaBathe, G
201939-40The Coalbrookdale Company and the Newcomen Engine, 1717-1769Davies, A S
211940-41The Early Use of Steam Power in the Cane Sugar Industry Deerr, N & Brooks, A
271949-51The Eastern Counties and its outstanding Steam Engines, 1825-1949Clark, R H
291953-55The History of the First Steam Engine in DenmarkMansa, H H
311957-59The Early Steam Engine in DerbyshireNixon, F
341961-62Thomas Newcomen's First Steam Engine 250 Years Ago & the Initial Development of Steam PowerStowers, A
35 1962-63 The Pre-Natal History of the Steam Engine (Newcomen Tercentenary) Needham, J
351962-63The Pumping Station at Hawkesbury Junction: A General Acount, with a Particular Study of the Surviving Newcomen EngineBoucher, C T G
351962-63The Newcomen Engine in the 18th CenturyMott, R A
351962-63The Development of the Atmospheric Steam Engine after Newcomen's Death in 1729Stowers, A
351962-63The Newcomen-Type Engine at Elsecar, West RidingClayton, A K
361963-64 The Steam Pumping Engine at Stretham, Cambridgeshire Kenny, E J A & Hills, R L
361963-64 John Fidoe's 1727 Newcomen Engine at Wednesbury, StaffsAllen, J S
361963-64The Newcomen Engine and Coalworks at the Hayes, Lye, Stourbridge, 1760-69Allen, J S
37 1964-65The 1712 and Other Newcomen Engines of the Earls of DudleyAllen, J S
381965-66Steam Engines in Derbyshire Lead Mines Kirkham, N
411968-69Stonier Parrott and the Newcomen Engine Rowlands, M B
411968-69The Newcomen Engine at Great Wyrley, 1722Allen, J S
411968-69Early Newcomen Engines on the Warwickshire Coalfield, 1714-1736White, A W A
411968-69Some Early Newcomen Engines in FlintshireRhodes, J N
421969-70Windmills and Steam Power in BarbadosWailes, R
421969-70The Introduction of the Newcomen Engine from 1700 to 1733Allen, J S
431970-71William Smith, Richard Trevithick and Samuel Homfray - Their Correspondence on Steam Engines, 1804-06Eyles, J M
431970-71Richard Trevithick's First Steam-Locomotive Trial, Christmas 1801Woodcock, L
431970-71Bromsgrove and the Newcomen EngineAllen, J S
451972-73The 1715 and Other Newcomen Engines at Whitehaven, CumberlandAllen, J S
461973-74Early Steam Pumping Engines in the NetherlandsPols, K van der
471974-76A History of the Steam Dredger, 1797-1830Skempton, A W
48 1976-77 The Introduction of the Newcomen Engine into EuropeHollister-Short, G J
491977-78Steam and The City: The Committee of the Proprietors of the Invention for Raising Water by Fire, 1715 - 1735Smith, A
491977-78Boulton and Watt's Organisation of Steam Engine Production before the Opening of the Soho FoundryTann, J
491977-78 Science and the Steam Engine in the Early Nineteenth Century Reconsidered Cardwell, D S L
491977-78 Scottish Engineers and Engineering Symposium - Douglas & Grant Ltd, Kircaldy, Fife: A Little Known Scottish Steam Engine BuilderWood, J L
491977-78Newcomen Engines at Whitehaven, Cumberland 1727-40Beckett, J V
501978-79The Development of the Steam Winding EngineWatkins, G M
501978-79Recent Research on the Newcomen Engine and Historical Studies Harris, J R
501978-79Makers of Improved Newcomen Engines in the Late 18th Century Tann, J
501978-79Steam and the Engineering Community in the 18th Century (THOMAS NEWCOMEN: commemorative Symposium) Buchanan, R A
501978-79Some Observations on the Thomas Barney Engraving of the 1712 Newcomen Engine Andrew, J H
501978-79The Newcomen Engine at Passy, France, in 1725: A Transfer of Technology which did not take place Smith, A
511979-80Mr Hornblower and his Crew: Steam Engine Pirates in the Late 18th CenturyTann, J
521980-81The Early Development of the Ljungström Radial Flow Steam TurbineSheriff, T C
521980-81Antecedents and Anticipations of the Newcomen EngineHollister-Short, G J
551983-84The First Newcomen Engine in Sweden (1726-1728) and its Hoisting Gear: A Closer look at the Triewald DrawingsLindqvist, S
551983-84Triewald's Booklet on the Newcomen Engine and the SocietyBuckland, J S P
561984-85Thomas Savery, his Steam Engine Workshop of 1702Buckland, J S P
561984-85Sir Charles Parsons Symposium - Application of the Steam Turbine to Marine PropulsionJarrett, F E C
561984-85Sir Charles Parsons Symposium - The Origins of the Steam Turbine and the Importance of 1884Parsons, N C
561984-85SIR CHARLES PARSONS Symposium - The Development of the Steam Turbine Generator and the Ultimate Eclipse of the Reciprocating Steam EngineMitchell, J M
561984-85SIR CHARLES PARSONS Symposium - Rival Forms of Steam Turbine Wood, J L
561984-85SIR CHARLES PARSONS Symposium - Application of the Steam Turbine to Marine Propulsion Jarrett, F E C
561984-85James Nasmyth and the Steam HammerCantrell, J A
561984-85The Development of the Steam Hammer in ScotlandWood, J L
581986-87André Chapelon: Master of Steam Locomotive DevelopmentCarpenter, G W
581986-87 André Chapelon: Thermodynamics and the Steam LocomotiveDuffy, M C
581986-87A Steam Chimera: A Review of the History of the Savery EngineHills, R L
591987-88The Sulzer Steam Engine Comes To BritainWood, J L
601988-89Charles Parsons' Experiments With Rocket Torpedoes-The Precursors of the Steam Turbine Scaife, W G
611989-90The American High-Speed Single-Valve Automatic Cutoff Steam Engine: Its Origins and a Brief Comparison with the Willans Central-Valve Engine Bowditch, J
611989-90Waste Heat Recovery and Steam Locomotive DesignDuffy, M C
621990-91Brotan and Brotan-Deffner Type Fireboxes and Boilers Applied to Steam Locomotives Szontagh, G
631991-92The Vertical Curtis Steam TurbineSommerscales E F C
64 1992-93 The Steam Engine on Tyneside in the Industrial RevolutionTann, J
641992-93Behind the Fire Doors: Fox's Corrugated Furnace 1877 and the 'High Pressure' SteamshipNewby, G A
65 1993-94Steam Engine Theory in the 19th Century: From Duty to Thermal Efficiency: From Parkes to SankeyCardwell, D S L
66 1994-95 Engines moved by fire and water Smith, A
661994-95The costs of eighteenth century steam enginesAndrew, H H
67 1995-96 Early use of steam power in the Jamaican sugar industry, 1768-1810Satchell, V M
68 1996-97The origins of James Watt's perfect engineHills, R L
69:21997-98The application of the Doble steam power concept to coal-fuelled rail tractionComyns-Carr, C A
70:2 1998-99The transition from timber to cast iron working beams for steam engines: a technological innovation Andrew, J; Stein, J; Tann, J; Macleod, C
72:12000-01Steam Power Patents in the Nineteenth Century - Innovations & Ineptitudes Andrew, J; Tann, J; MacLeod, C; Stein, J
73:12001-02Crofton Engine Trials 1949 and 1998 - A Postscript Broom, C I; Calvert, J R & Garrett, T S
75:12003-04Three engines at Penrhyn Du, 1760-1780Hills, R L and Gwyn, D
76:22004-05The Importance of Steam Power during the Nineteenth CenturyHills, R L

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