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THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES

A HISTORY OF THE GROWTH

OF THE STEAM-ENGINE

BY

ROBERT H. THURSTON, A. M., C. E.

DIRECTOR OF SIBLEY COLLEGE, CORNELL UNIVERSITY
PAST PRESIDENT AMERICAN SOCIETY MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
MEMBER OF SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS

SOCIÉTÉ DES INGÉNIEURS CIVILS; VEREIN DEUTSCHE INGENIEURE
OESTERREICHISCHER INGENIEUR- UND ARCHITEKTEN-VEREIN
ASSOCIATE BRITISH INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS, ETC.

FOURTH EDITION, REVISED

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1903

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HARVARD COLLEG.
Oda, 1971

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COPYRIGHT, 1878, 1884, 1893, 1896,
BY ROBERT H. THURSTON.

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