Excerpt from The Theory of the Steam Engine: Showing the Inaccuracy of the Methods in Use The English professor Whewell, whose name is so well known in science, inserted also the principles Of this theory in the third edition of his Treatise on Mechanics many engineers made it the basis of their calculations for the use of locomotive engines upon divers railways; and finally, at the moment when the present work appears, we find that M. Wood, in the third edition of his Treatise on Rail roads, London, 1888, has just adopted it likewise, (pages 555 without mentioning there from what source he has it, but afterwards repairing that omission in a slip added at the beginning of his work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.