Lives of Boulton and Watt. Principally from the Original Soho Mss. Comprising also a history of the invention and introduction of the steam engine

CHAPTER I.

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Anecdote of Matthew Boulton and George III.--Roger Bacon on steam power--Early inventors, their steam machines and apparatus--Hero of Alexandria, Branca, De Caus--The Marquis of Worcester--His water-works--His imprisonment--His difficulties--The water-commanding engine--His “Century of Inventions”--Obscurity of descriptions of his steam-engine--Persevering struggles--His later years and death Page 1–26