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A Brief History of the Age of Steam: From the First Engine to the Boats and Railways
A Brief History of the Age of Steam From the First Engine to the Boats and Railways
Author: Thomas Crump
In 1710 an obscure Devon ironmonger Thomas Newcomen invented a machine with a pump driven by coal, used to extract water from mines. Over the next two hundred years the steam engine would be at the heart of the industrial revolution that changed the fortunes of nations. Passionately written and insightful, A Brief History of the Age of Steam rev...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780786720477
ISBN-10: 0786720476
Publication Date: 10/25/2007
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Running Press
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