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Excerpt from Experimental Researches in Steam Engineering, Vol. 1 The preparation of this volume for the press has been performed in addition to the regular business of the writer. It has been done after the labors of a long day; and is the product of a weary hand and an attention overtasked by a great number of pressing and important duties whose requirements had to be immediately satisfied, and in which responsibility could neither be avoided nor divided. These remarks are offered in apology for the errors that may have crept into the calculations, if any such he found; and for the faults of style, arrangement, or mode of treatment. The latter, too, are of but little consequence when the few readers are considered which such a work must have from its very nature; and that those few will be solicitous only for the truths contained without attaching much importance to the manner in which they are conveyed. The manuscript of these pages was offered to several publishers who declined to print it because they considered such a work too unremunerative. The Navy Department had no funds that could be appropri ated to that purpose, but granted permission for its publication to several eminent engineers who dc frayed the cost in order to have the information in a convenient form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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