Heat as a Source of Power

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. These elementary principles constitute the real basis of the science of heat, in its chemical as well as its dynamic relations, and a thorough comprehension of them is necessarily the first step to be taken in the study of heat-engines. The steam-engine being the principal heat-engine in use at the present day, prominence must be given to the study of the steam generator, as the apparatus through which all processes preliminary to the actual use of steam are accomplished.