Nicholas Procter Burgh

[6] One of his apprentices was the mechanical engineer, inventor and general manager George Best Martin (1847–1901),[7] and another pupil was William Wallington Harris (1841–1924).

as it was ten years ago, the details of it, and the practice of today compared with thc past are so changed for the better that the mechanical portion of the community are always ready and eager to obtain a knowledge of the construction at the present time.

John Bourne has rendered substantial service in this way, and there are no works on mechanical engineering more useful and reliable than his "Catechism," and later " Hand Book."

[12]The review proceeds with a summary of the first chapter: The first number contains drawings of a new set of engines recently built in England for a Russian frigate.

The scope of the text is somewhat comprehensive; and in view of the interest always attaching to the subject, the reader scans every page attentively.

Mr. Burgh goes into the subject quite prepared, indeed confident of his ability to cope with any question, and after discussing some of the types of engines in general use, he alludes to our forefathers as follows:“To design engines-on land, and correctly manage, or rather attend to them at sea.

would puzzle some of our forefathers, whose originations were nevertheless fair examples of that age of progression; what may seem perfection of arrangement, even after construction, on land, will often betray want of foresight as to access for repair or renewal at sea.

According to Miller (2011): A detailed and influential treatment of the indicator within the framework of a newly developing 'engineering science' was given by W. J. Macquorn Rankine, in his A Manual of the Steam Engine (1859).

[14]More works in those days described the diagram and its origin, such as in the 1865 Handbook of the steam-engine[15] by the British engineer John Bourne.

When he understands thus far, obviously his knowledge will enable him to put the same into practice boldly : for by being acquainted with the ground-work of the subject, he is master also to a great extent of the result of his labours.

Because of the many unique arrangements therein presented, it is believed that Combustion readers will find a description of some of these designs of particular interest in revealing the ingenuity and thinking of engineers of those days.

For example, in 1967 Adrian Arthur Bennett mentioned Burgh's books "Rules for Designing, Constructing and Erecting Land and Marine Engines and Boilers," and "Modern Screw Propulsion" playing a role in the introduction of Western science and technology into China in the Nineteenth-century.

[25] In 1990 Stephen Hughes referred to Burgh's correspondence on the beam engine in his The Archaeology of an Early Railway System.