Rudimentary Treatise on the Steam Engine

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. If we have the means, then, of taking in a blast of steam alternately at the one end and at the other end of the cylinder, the piston will be blown constantly backwards and forwards from end to end. The force with which this will be effected will depend on the force of the steam.