Why Did Some Obscure Steam Engines Fail in the 19th Century?

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I'm interested in reading about tech history, especially about odd and obscure steam engines of XIX century. Sometimes I want to know why that particular idea did not work, but its math and physics seems to be far beyond my abilities...
 
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Hello everyone, I'm Cosmo. I'm an 18 years old student majoring in physics. I found this forum cause I was searching on Google if it's common for physics student to feel like they're in the wrong major in the first semester cause it feels like too much for me to learn the materials even the ones that are considered as "basic math" or "basic physics", I've initial fascination with the universe's mysteries and it disconnect with the reality of intense, foundational mathematics courses required...
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