‎Dionysius LARDNER‎
‎The steam engine‎

‎Undersøgelse over Vanddampene og deres bevægende Kraft i Dampmaskinen [Investigation of the Water Steams and their Moving Power in the Steam Engine]. (Særskilt aftrykt af det Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, 5te Række, naturvidenskabelig ... - [THE STEAM ENGINE - PRESENTATION-COPY]‎

‎Kjöbenhavn (Copenhagen), 1852. 4to. Original blue-green blank glitted gift-binding. Wear to spine with loss of paper, otherwise just a bit of wear to extremities. Internally a bit of occasional brownspotting. Stamps to title-page. 35 pp.‎

‎First edition, off-print (separately paginated), presentation-copy, of Colding's major contribution to the development of the steam engine. The hand-written presentation on front free end-paper reads as thus: ""Høivelbaarne/ Hr. General-Major Schlegel C. af D. pp./ med høiagtelse/ fra/ Forfatteren."" [Honoured/ Mr. General v. Schlegel C. of D. pp. (honorary title)/ with high estimation/ from/ the author.].Ludvig August Colding is primarily remembered today for, together with Meyer, Joule, and Helmholtz, having determined the principle of Conservation of Energy. His final major contribution to this discovery consists in the publication of his elaborated experiments which once and for all determined the accuracy of his assumption (that no amount of energy gets lost, since what is apparently lost in energy will be found in other places or in different forms, e.g. heat) (1850). Two years after that seminal publication, he publishes his main contribution to the development of the steam engine, namely his ""Investigation of the Water Steams and their Moving Power in the Steam Engine"" (1850), which is obviously based on his determination of the principle of conservation and alteration of energy.Colding was a famous Danish engineer and physicist. He was originally educated as a carpenter but graduated as mechanical engineer in 1841. In 1845 he became water-inspector in Copenhagen and in 1847 he was also given the responsibility of the gas- and waterworks. Together with the famous chemist Julius Thomsen, he proved that the cholera spread throughout Copenhagen through the drinking water (1853) - a most significant discovery. After this he was responsible replacing much of the sewer-system of Copenhagen. In 1857 he became state engineer. He was also a member of the Academy of Sciences and honorary doctor at the University of Edinburgh.His work on the power of water-stem in the steam engine is considered one of his most significant.‎

‎Undersøgelse over Vanddampene og deres bevægende Kraft i Dampmaskinen [Investigation of the Water Steams and their Moving Power in the Steam Engine]. (Særskilt aftrykt af det Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, 5te Række, naturvidenskabelig ... - [THE STEAM ENGINE]‎

‎Kjöbenhavn (Copenhagen), 1852. 4to. Original blank wrappers. Uncut and unopened. Printed on vellum-paper. Mint copy. 35 pp.‎

‎First edition, off-print (separately paginated) of Colding's major contribution to the development of the steam engine. Ludvig August Colding is primarily remembered today for, together with Meyer, Joule, and Helmholtz, having determined the principle of Conservation of Energy. His final major contribution to this discovery consists in the publication of his elaborated experiments which once and for all determined the accuracy of his assumption (that no amount of energy gets lost, since what is apparently lost in energy will be found in other places or in different forms, e.g. heat) (1850). Two years after that seminal publication, he publishes his main contribution to the development of the steam engine, namely his ""Investigation of the Water Steams and their Moving Power in the Steam Engine"" (1850), which is obviously based on his determination of the principle of conservation and alteration of energy.Colding was a famous Danish engineer and physicist. He was originally educated as a carpenter but graduated as mechanical engineer in 1841. In 1845 he became water-inspector in Copenhagen and in 1847 he was also given the responsibility of the gas- and waterworks. Together with the famous chemist Julius Thomsen, he proved that the cholera spread throughout Copenhagen through the drinking water (1853) - a most significant discovery. After this he was responsible replacing much of the sewer-system of Copenhagen. In 1857 he became state engineer. He was also a member of the Academy of Sciences and honorary doctor at the University of Edinburgh.His work on the power of water-stem in the steam engine is considered one of his most significant.‎

‎Undersøgelse over Vanddampene og deres bevægende Kraft i Dampmaskinen [Investigation of the Water Steams and their Moving Power in the Steam Engine]. (Extract from: Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, 5te Række, naturvidenskabelig og Matemat... - [THE STEAM ENGINE]‎

‎(Kjöbenhavn [Copenhagen], 1853). 4to. Unbound. Uncut and unopened. A nice and clean copy. 35 pp.‎

‎First edition of Colding's major contribution to the development of the steam engine. Ludvig August Colding is primarily remembered today for, together with Meyer, Joule, and Helmholtz, having determined the principle of Conservation of Energy. His final major contribution to this discovery consists in the publication of his elaborated experiments which once and for all determined the accuracy of his assumption (that no amount of energy gets lost, since what is apparently lost in energy will be found in other places or in different forms, e.g. heat) (1850). Two years after that seminal publication, he publishes his main contribution to the development of the steam engine, namely his ""Investigation of the Water Steams and their Moving Power in the Steam Engine"" (1850), which is obviously based on his determination of the principle of conservation and alteration of energy.Colding was a famous Danish engineer and physicist. He was originally educated as a carpenter but graduated as mechanical engineer in 1841. In 1845 he became water-inspector in Copenhagen and in 1847 he was also given the responsibility of the gas- and waterworks. Together with the famous chemist Julius Thomsen, he proved that the cholera spread throughout Copenhagen through the drinking water (1853) - a most significant discovery. After this he was responsible replacing much of the sewer-system of Copenhagen. In 1857 he became state engineer. He was also a member of the Academy of Sciences and honorary doctor at the University of Edinburgh.His work on the power of water-stem in the steam engine is considered one of his most significant.‎

‎The New Edition of the Work on the Steam Engine and on Steam Navigation. Appendix A-F. [Only the Appendixes].‎

‎London, John Weale, 1840-1842. 4to. Uniformly bound in four contemporary half calf bindings with red leather title-label with gilt lettering to top of front board. Gilt stamp to front board, two stamps to verso of front board and one small stamp to title-pages. A fine set. [Appendix A & B:] IV, 32 pp. [Appendix C:] 24 pp. [Appendix D:] IV, 67 pp. + 1 folded plate. [Appendix E & F:] 23, (1) pp.‎

‎The rare appendixes, separately published, to the important ""Treadgold on the Steam Engine and on Steam Navigation"". Tredgold's work on the steam engine was long considered the best and most complete work of its kind. ""Few details of engine design escaped Tredgold's attention . . . his book is a curious combination of fact, theory, and speculation, and its author uses every opportunity to display his mathematical knowledge. Yet it undoubtedly was a notable contribution to steam engine design and theory in its day"" (Finch Engineering Classics pp 104-110). ""Thomas Tredgold (1788-1829) was a self-taught engineer. He trained as an apprentice cabinetmaker in Durham and then in Scotland before moving to London to work at his uncle's firm of architects. There he began an intense programme of self-improvement, reading books on engineering, chemistry, mineralogy, geology and mathematics. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Tredgold died relatively young from exhaustion.Tredgold's last major work was on The steam engine, published in 1827. In his preface, he apologises that his book appears to be rather large for its subject matter but explains that 'though confined to a single source of power, that power is gigantic …':"" (Devon & Exeter Institution)‎

‎Brandt A. A. An essay on the history of the steam engine and the use of steam en‎

‎Brandt A. A. An essay on the history of the steam engine and the use of steam engines in Russia. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Brandt A. A. Ocherk istorii parovoy mashiny i primeneniya parovykh dvigateley v Rossii. With eleven figures in the text. S.Pb.Type Y.N.Erlich 1892. 70 p. SKUalbf22a87f411f0a35d.‎