TO HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY 



VICTORIA, 



QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 



&c. &c. &c. 



THESE VOLUMES 

 ON THE PRINCIPLES AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE 



STEAM ENGINE, 



INVENTED AND PERFECTED BY THE TALENT AND ENTERPRISE OF BRITISH SUBJECTS, 

 AND ESSENTIAL TO THE PROGRESS OP CIVILISATION IN EVERT NATION, 



ARE (BY HER MAJESTY'S GRACIOUS PERMISSION) INSCRIBED, 

 BY HER MAJESTY'S DEVOTED SUBJECTS,' 



W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, EDITOR. 

 JOHN WEALE, PUBLISHER. 



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