A brief history of the age of steam: The power that drove the Industrial Revolution / Thomas Crump.
By: Crump, Thomas
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BookPlace of publication: LondonPublisher: RobinsonDate of publication: 2007Description: 370 pages: 20 cm.ISBN: 9781845295530.Subject(s): Steam engines | Steam locomotives | Steam engineeringDDC classification: 621.1 C8886 2007 Summary: In 1710 an obscure Devon ironmonger, Thomas Newcomen, invented a new machine fuelled by coal. By condensing steam in a cylinder the mechanism could provide power sufficient to work the pumps used for the labor-intensive but vital work of extracting water from mines. Over the next 200 years, by land, sea and rail, the steam engine would be at the heart of the revolution that made the fortunes of nations.
Passionately written and insightful, A Brief History of the Age of Steam explores the lives of the great inventors like James Watt, Robert Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and also tells a narrative that reaches from Europe and North America to Africa, Asia and South America. The world changed and the consequences are still being felt today.
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High School Department Reading Area (Main - HS) | 600-699 Technology & Applied Science | 621.1 C8886 2007 (Browse shelf) | Available |
Includes notes, bibliographical references and index.
In 1710 an obscure Devon ironmonger, Thomas Newcomen, invented a new machine fuelled by coal. By condensing steam in a cylinder the mechanism could provide power sufficient to work the pumps used for the labor-intensive but vital work of extracting water from mines. Over the next 200 years, by land, sea and rail, the steam engine would be at the heart of the revolution that made the fortunes of nations.
Passionately written and insightful, A Brief History of the Age of Steam explores the lives of the great inventors like James Watt, Robert Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and also tells a narrative that reaches from Europe and North America to Africa, Asia and South America. The world changed and the consequences are still being felt today.
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