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1 History
2 Types of marine steam engine
3 Engines classified by connection mechanism
3.1 Side-lever
3.2 Grasshopper
3.3 Crosshead (square)
3.4 Walking beam
3.5 Steeple
3.6 Siamese
3.7 Direct acting
3.8 Oscillating
3.9 Trunk
3.10 Vibrating lever
3.11 Back acting
3.12 Vertical
4 Engines classified by cylinder technology
4.1 Simple expansion
4.2 Compound
4.3 Triple or multiple expansion
4.4 Annular
5 Other terms
5.1 Simple
5.2 Double acting
5.3 Vertical, horizontal, inclined, inverted
5.4 Geared
6 See also
7 Footnotes
8 References
9 External links