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which would be of most interest to the lay 

 reader ; but this would, perhaps, be too 

 much to expect of the scientific worker 

 attempting to cover so much ground. 



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POPULAR MISCELLANY. 



" A New Type of Steam-Eiigine." Prof. 



R. II. Thurston read a paper at the Nash- 

 ville meeting of the American Association 

 on "A New Type of Steam-Engine," a 

 report of which we find in the American 

 Manufacturer. The author first gave a 

 history of the steam-engine from Hero's 

 time ; then he discussed the modern type of 

 steam-engine, pointing out its shortcomings ; 

 finally he proposed a new type, designed to 

 prevent loss of heat-energy. There are, he 

 observed, only two possible methods of util- 

 izing the full heat-energy: the first is by 

 enormous expansion, cooling the steam till 

 it is all condensed into water and till all 

 the heat is even taken out of that water, 



