[Ward, James Harmon]; Steam for the Million : An elementary outline treatise on the Nature and Management of Steam, and the Principles and Arrangement of the Engine. : Adapted for popular instruction, for apprentices, and for the use of the navigator : With an Appendix, containing notes on expansive steam, station bills for sea steamers, &c.&c.; Philadelphia: Carey and Hart 1847. [4], 59, [1], 16 pages. Paperback
History of Technology Steam Engineering - Handbooks, manuals, etc Steam Engines United States Naval Academy - Annapolis
Good/wraps. Front cover nearly detached, 3/4 of spine covering missing, foxing, wear. Still solid text of pamphlet.
"The book was originally prepared for use in an academic course, to be accompanied by an exhibition of models and drawings, and by copious oral explanations." - Preface. No author stated, but attributed to James Harmon Ward. "[Ward] taught courses in ordnance and gunnery at the Naval School at Philadelphia, Pa. These popular courses were later published as An Elementary Course of Instruction in Ordnance and Gunnery. On 10 October 1845, the new Naval Academy opened at Annapolis, Md.; and Lt. Ward was a member of the faculty, one of the first line officers to pass along the benefits of his own experience to young midshipmen. One of the most scholarly officers of the Navy of his day, Ward held the office of executive officer (a post which later became that of the Commandant of Midshipmen), with collateral duties as instructor of gunnery and steam engineering." - Robert J. Cressman, "Ward (Destroyer No. 139) 1918-1944"; Naval History and Heritage Command. Ward, shortly to become the first US naval officer killed in the Civil War, wrote an expanded New And Revised Edition in 1860 while stationed at the New York Naval Yard, which clearly borrows from this unattributed 1847 work. Quite uncommon early popular training manual on steam engines.

Good/wraps. Front cover nearly detached, 3/4 of spine covering missing, foxing, wear. Still solid text of pamphlet.

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