The  steam engine familiarly explained and illustrated
Subtitle: with an historical sketch of its invention and progressive improvement, its applications to navigation and railways; with plain maxims for railway speculators.  With additions and notes by James Renwick.  5th American ed. from the 5th London ed., considerably enl.
Contributors: Renwick, James, 1790-1863
Publisher: A. Hart, late Carey & Hart
Published: 1852
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Steam-engines -- Early works to 1850