Marine engines and boilers
Subtitle: exemplified in numerous examples of British and American steam vessels : with descriptive text by eminent engineers.
Contributors: Baldock, Thomas; Dinnen, John; Rennie, George, 1791-1866.; Bodmer, R.
Publisher: J.S. Virtue
Published: 1855
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Steam-engines.; Marine engines.; Steam-boilers, Marine.
Work titles: Steam engine.
Notes: At head of title: Tredgold on the steam engine.

v. 1: viii, 340, [2], 42, 52, 19, 5, [3] p.  v. 2: vi, 44, 52, 15, [1], 68, 32, [2] p.

Includes advertisements.
Table of contents: title: v. 1.  Properties of steam.  Steam navigation.  History of the steam engine.  Steam navigation: memoir of Her Majesty's steam ship the "Medea" during a service of nearly four years / by Capt. Thomas Baldock. Form of steam journal ... / by Capt. Thomas Baldock.  Table showing the velocity of the centre of effort of the paddles of steam vessels according to the number of revolutions.; title: v. 2. Explanation of the plates.  An essay on steam boilers / by John Dinnen.  On the introduction and progressive increase of screw propulsion in Her Majesty's Navy.  Description of the disc engine applied as a marine engine to drive the screw-propeller / by George Rennie.  On the propulsion of vessels by the screw / by R. Bodmer.  On the propulsion of vessels by the paddle-wheel . by George Rennie.