The American journal of science, & c . ^:. Steam-Engine—Physics. 157 PHYSICS, MECHANICS, AND CHEMISTRY. Art. XV. On the Revolving Steam-Engine, recentlyinvented by Samuel Morey, and Patented to him on the14th July, 1815, with four Engravings. To Professor , X HE successful emplojTnent of the steam-engine, in navi-gating the rivers and inland waters of the United States, andthe probable extension of this mode of conveyance of personsand property, makes those improvements desirable whichadapt the steam-engine to this purpose with less complicationand expense, placing it .more within
The American journal of science, & c . ^:. Steam-Engine—Physics. 157 PHYSICS, MECHANICS, AND CHEMISTRY. Art. XV. On the Revolving Steam-Engine, recentlyinvented by Samuel Morey, and Patented to him on the14th July, 1815, with four Engravings. To Professor , X HE successful emplojTnent of the steam-engine, in navi-gating the rivers and inland waters of the United States, andthe probable extension of this mode of conveyance of personsand property, makes those improvements desirable whichadapt the steam-engine to this purpose with less complicationand expense, placing it .more within reach of individual enter-prise, and rendering it even useful on our small rivers andcanals^ The steam-engine, though often seen in operation, is notreadily understood by an observer, without an acquaintancewith the facts in natural philosophy on which its power de-pends : and it may elucidate the subject of this communicationto advert, for a moment, to the gradations by which this im-portant machine has attained its present perfection.
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