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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