Excerpt from The Limitations of the Expansion of Steam: Forming the Sixteenth Chapter of the Relative Proportions of the Steam-EngineThe condensation of steam by the walls of the steam cylinder is a fact whose existence has been repeatedly proved by many distinguished experimenters.Probably Watt and a long line of followers knew that great expansions meant greater proportional losses through condensation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.