Author: Jack NorbeckPublisher: Crestline
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Encyclopedia of American Steam Traction Engines
Author: Jack NorbeckPublisher: Crestline
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Steam on the Farm
Author: Jonathan BrownPublisher: Crowood Press (UK)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The 19th century was the great age of steam. This book traces the history and development of the agricultural use of steam power from the 19th century to the end of the Second World War and considers how it was actually used.
A Short History of the Steam Engine
Author: Henry Winram DickinsonPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Steam-engines
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Power from Steam
Author: Richard L. HillsPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521458344
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
This is the first comprehensive history of the steam engine in fifty years. It follows the development of reciprocating steam engines, from their earliest forms to the beginning of the twentieth century when they were replaced by steam turbines.
The Most Powerful Idea in the World
Author: William RosenPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226726347
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
"The Most Powerful Idea in the World argues that the very notion of intellectual property drove not only the invention of the steam engine but also the entire Industrial Revolution." -- Back cover.
American Steam Locomotives
Author: William L. WithuhnPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253039355
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
For nearly half of the nation's history, the steam locomotive was the outstanding symbol for progress and power. It was the literal engine of the Industrial Revolution, and it played an instrumental role in putting the United States on the world stage. While the steam locomotive's basic principle of operation is simple, designers and engineers honed these concepts into 100-mph passenger trains and 600-ton behemoths capable of hauling mile-long freight at incredible speeds. American Steam Locomotives is a thorough and engaging history of the invention that captured public imagination like no other, and the people who brought it to life.
A History of the Growth of the Steam-engine
Author: Robert Henry ThurstonPublisher: N.Y.: D. Appleton
ISBN:
Category : Steam-engines
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Perfecting the American Steam Locomotive
Author: J. Parker LambPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253342195
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Perfecting the American Steam Locomotive documents the role played by mechanical engineers in the development of locomotive design. The steam engine and the mechanical engineering profession both grew directly out of the Industrial Revolution's need for sources of power beyond that of men and animals. Invented in England when coal mining was being developed, the practical steam engine eventually found numerous applications in transportation, especially in railroad technology. J. Parker Lamb traces the evolution of the steam engine from the early 1700s through the early 1800s, when the first locomotives were sent to the United States from England. Lamb then shifts the scene to the development of the American steam locomotive, first by numerous small builders, and later, by the early 20th century, by only three major enterprises and a handful of railroad company shops. Lamb reviews the steady progress of steam locomotive technology through its pinnacle during the 1930s, then discusses the reasons for its subsequent decline.
The Steam Locomotive
Author: Ken GibbsPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445624257
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Ken Gibbs tells the history of the engineering triumph that is a steam locomotive from the 1800s to the 1960s showing how each development changed the course of history.
Introducing Model Traction Engine Construction
Author: John HainingPublisher: Nexus Special Interest Limited
ISBN: 9780852428054
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
The doyen of traction engine modelling explains and illustrates what is involved in the construction of working steam models (including workshop processes and tools needed) and outlines the history and variety of such engines.