A rudimentary treatise on the steam engine : for the use of beginners /

Mode of access: Internet.

Catechism of the steam engine /

Mode of access: Internet.

Notes on the action of the reciprocating parts of a steam engine /

Mode of access: Internet.

The relative proportions of the steam-engine: being a rational and practical discussion of the dimensions of every detail of the steam-engine.

Interleaved.

A manual of the steam engine and other prime movers.

Mode of access: Internet.

A treatise on navigation by steam; comprising a history of the steam engine, and an essay towards a system of the naval tactics peculiar to steam navigation, as applicable both to commerce and maritime warfare; including a comparison of its advantages as related to other systems in the circumstances of speed, safety and economy, but more particularly in that of the national defence.

Author's presentation copy.

An historical and practical treatise upon elemental locomotion, by means of steam carriages on common roads : showing ... the rise, progress, and description of steam carriages; the roads upon which they may be made to travel ... /

Mode of access: Internet.

Steam and the steam engine: land, marine and locomotive /

Mode of access: Internet.

Control of Ship Roll Motion

The undesirable effects of roll motion of ships (rocking about the longitudinal axis) became noticeable in the mid-nineteenth century when significant changes were introduced to the design of ships as a result of sails being replaced by steam engines and the arrangement being changed from broad to narrow hulls. The combination of these changes led to lower transverse stability (lower restoring moment for a given angle of roll) with the consequence of larger roll motion. The increase in roll motion and its effect on cargo and human performance lead to the development several control devices that aimed at reducing and controlling roll motion. The control devices most commonly used today are fin stabilizers, rudder, anti-roll tanks, and gyrostabilizers. The use of different types of actuators for control of ship roll motion has been amply demonstrated for over 100 years. Performance, however, can still fall short of expectations because of difficulties associated with control system design, which have proven to be far from trivial due to fundamental performance limitations and large variations of the spectral characteristics of wave-induced roll motion. This short article provides an overview of the fundamentals of control design for ship roll motion reduction. The overview is limited to the most common control devices.

The Medway Valley: a Kent landscape transformed

In 1750 the lower Medway Valley, the area between the towns of Maidstone and Rochester, was firmly part of Kent's 'Garden of England'. A century later, this tranquil, agrarian landscape had been transformed into a hive of industry and commerce, through the emergence of papermaking, cement manufacture, brickmaking, brewing, ship and barge building, seed crushing and engineering. The lower Medway Valley became synonymous with the production of Portland cement, stock bricks and the steam engines of Aveling and Porter, yet, by the end of the Second World War, much of this industry was gone. "The Medway Valley: A Kent Landscape Transformed", the first Victoria County History publication in Kent for over 75 years, charts this cyclical story of landscape change. It explores how the quiet, rural landscape of a collection of eight riverside parishes around Rochester was dramatically transformed during industrialization, before returning to its formal rural state. This volume traces the impact of industrial development and decline on the valley and its people. It details changing patterns of work and society, the creation of new settlements and the pivotal role of the river in all aspects of village life reflecting two centuries of change and upheaval.

The elements of machine design /

Includes index.

Energy related innovation, the missing link? : a revision and integration of the business cycle theories of Keynes and Schumpeter /

"To be presented at the Sixteenth International Atlantic Economic Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 6-9, 1983."

Mechanics of engineering and of machinery.

T.-p. of v. 1-2 reads: A manual of the mechanics of engineering and of the construction of machines ...

The Elements of mining engineering [microform] /

Includes indexes.

Popular lectures on science and art; delivered in the principal cities and towns of the United States.

Mode of access: Internet.