A Brief History of the Age of Steam
from the first engine to the boats and railways
$25.65
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
19 July 2009
Summary
Powering the World: A Brief History of the Age of Steam
In 1710, Thomas Newcomen, an ironmonger from Devon, invented a coal-powered pump to extract water from mines. Over the next two hundred years, the steam engine became central to the industrial revolution, changing the fortunes of nations.
Passionately written and insightful, A Brief History of the Age of Steam reveals the lives of great inventors such as Watts, Stephenson, and Brunel, and narrates its impact fr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781845295530 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1845295536 |
| Author: | Thomas Crump |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Robinson Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 19 July 2009 |
| Weight: | 258g |
| Dimensions: | 132mm x 199mm x 26mm |
| Series: | Brief Histories |
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Passionate and entertaining
Passionate and entertaining - BBC History Magazine
About The Author
Thomas Crump
Thomas Crump was the author of A Brief History of Science. His lifelong passionate interest in science and its history gave rise to a number of books, including Solar Eclipse and The Anthropology of Numbers. A mathematician and anthropologist, until his retirement in 1994, he taught anthropology at the University of Amsterdam.
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