CATALOG OF THE MECHANICAL COLLECTIONS IgQ 



45. SosNOWBKi, K. : Roues et turbines k vapeur. Series of articles in Bull. Soc. 



d'Bncouragement I'lndustrie Nat, ser. 5, vol. 1: Aug. 1896, pp. 1153-1168; 

 Sept. 1896, pp. 1227-1261; Oct. 1896, pp. 1319-1357; Nov. 1896, pp. 1491- 

 1525. Paris. A profusely illustrated review of the turbine history from 

 Heron to 1896, taken largely from patent records. The last article 

 includes a detailed account of De Laval turbines and De Laval turbine 

 pump, separator, and generator units. 



46. Kexleb, Emil, and Fkancis Hodqkinson : The steam turbine in the United 



States, Part I — Developments by Westinghouse Machine Company. Me- 

 chanical Engineering, vol. 58, no. 11, pp. 683-696, Nov. 1936. 



47. Cheistie, Alexander Graham : The steam turbine in the United States, 



Part II — Early Allis-Chalmers steam turbines. Mechanical Engineering, 

 vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 71-82, Feb. 1937. 



48. Robinson, Ernest L. : The steam turbine in the United States, Part Ill- 



Developments by the General Electric Company. Mechanical Engineering, 

 vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 239-256, Apr. 1937. 



STEAM-ENGINE VALVES AND GEARS 



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49. MoNE, F. : Treatise on the steam engine. New York, 1852. Describes early 



cut-off valves and valve gears. 



50. Peabody, Cecil H. : Valve-gears for steam engines. John "Wiley & Sons, 



New York, 1892-1900. 



51. Rose, Joshua : Modem steam engines. Henry Carey Baird & Co., Philadel- 



phia, 1887. 



52. Zeunek, GtrsTAv Anton : Treatise on valve-gears, ed. 3, 1869. 



INVENTIONS OF G. H. CORLISS 



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53. American Historical Society: The life and work of George H. Corliss. 



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54. Shiixitto, Frank W., Jr.: Handbook of Corliss steam engines, ed. 3. 



Bridgeport, 1902. 



STEAM-ENGINE INDICATORS 



55. Pray, Thomas, Je. : Twenty years with the indicator. New York, 1896. 



56. Miller, Edward F. : Steam engine indicator. Crosby Steam Gage & Valve 



Co., Boston, 1917-1921. 



STElAJyf BOILERS 



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57. Barcock & Wilcox Co. : Steam, ed. 36. New York, 1931. 



58. Armstrong, R.: An essay on the boilers of steam engines. London, 1839. 



59. Peabody, C. H., and E. F. Miller : Steam boilers. John Wiley & Sons, New 



York, 1897-1902. 

 eO. Babcock & Wilcox Co. : Fifty years of steam. New York, 1931. 



61. Thurston, Robert H. : A manual of steam boilers, their designs, construc- 



tion and operation, ed. 7. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1901. 



62. Jenkins, Rhys: The collected papers of Rhys Jenkins. Newcomen So- 



ciety, Cambridge, 1936. Note on early "boiler-making," pp. 126-130. 

 €3. Perkins, Jacob: On the explosion of steam boilers: On the economy of 

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