TREATISE

ON

MILLS AND MILLWORK

PART I.

ON THE PRINCIPLES OF MECHANISM

AND ON

PRIME MOYERS

COMPRISING THE ACCUMULATION AND ESTIMATION OF 'WATER POWER,

THE CONSTRUCTION OF WATER-WHEELS AND TURBINES, THE PROPERTIES OF STEAM,THE VARIETIES OF STEAM-ENGINES AND BOILERS, AND WINDMILLS

BY

WILLIAM EAIRBAIRN, ESQ., C.E.

LL.D. F.R.S. F.G.S.

CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE , AND OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF TURIN:CHEVALIER OF THB LEGION OF HONOUR

LONDON

LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, AND ROBERTS

1861

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