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Excerpt from Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1985-1986, Vol. 83: With Other Selected and Abstracted Papers This conclusion of Hirn's seems to have excited little notice. Rankine mentions it in The Steam-engine, but expresses doubt whether it accords with subsequent experience, particularly that of marine engines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books...(展開全部) Excerpt from Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1985-1986, Vol. 83: With Other Selected and Abstracted Papers This conclusion of Hirn's seems to have excited little notice. Rankine mentions it in The Steam-engine, but expresses doubt whether it accords with subsequent experience, particularly that of marine engines. 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.