Heron of Alexandria was an important ancient Greek inventor of mechanical devices whose inventions included the first steam ...
Vol. 2 consists of plates only. A later ed. of v. 2 only was published in 1845 with title: Illustrations of steam machinery and steam naval architecture. siris_sil_246041 ...
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