Author: Smith Hempstone OliverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
The First Quarter-century of Steam Locomotives in North America
Author: Smith Hempstone OliverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
The First Quarter-century of Steam Locomotives in North America
Author: Henry TownesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: United States National MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
The First Quarter-century of Steam Locomotives in North America
Author: Smith Hempstone OliverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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 Tell Tale
Author: Early American Technology
Author: Judith A. McGawPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807839981
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
This collection of original essays documents technology's centrality to the history of early America. Unlike much previous scholarship, this volume emphasizes the quotidian rather than the exceptional: the farm household seeking to preserve food or acquire tools, the surveyor balancing economic and technical considerations while laying out a turnpike, the woman of child-bearing age employing herbal contraceptives, and the neighbors of a polluted urban stream debating issues of property, odor, and health. These cases and others drawn from brewing, mining, farming, and woodworking enable the authors to address recent historiographic concerns, including the environmental aspects of technological change and the gendered nature of technical knowledge. Brooke Hindle's classic 1966 essay on early American technology is also reprinted, and his view of the field is reassessed. A bibliographical essay and summary of Hindle's bibliographic findings conclude the volume. The contributors are Judith A. McGaw, Robert C. Post, Susan E. Klepp, Michal McMahon, Patrick W. O'Bannon, Sarah F. McMahon, Donald C. Jackson, Robert B. Gordon, Carolyn C. Cooper, and Nina E. Lerman.
The American Steam Locomotive in the Twentieth Century
Author: Tom MorrisonPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476627932
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 637
Book Description
Between 1900 and 1950, Americans built the most powerful steam locomotives of all time--enormous engines that powered a colossal industry. They were deceptively simple machines, yet, the more their technology was studied, the more obscure it became. Despite immense and sustained engineering efforts, steam locomotives remained grossly inefficient in their use of increasingly costly fuel and labor. In the end, they baffled their masters and, as soon as diesel-electric technology provided an alternative, steam locomotives disappeared from American railroads. Drawing on the work of eminent engineers and railroad managers of the day, this lavishly illustrated history chronicles the challenges, triumphs and failures of American steam locomotive development and operation.
Bulletin
Author: United States National MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Technology in Early America
Author: Brooke HindlePublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807838640
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
This interpretative essay and extensive bibliography surveying the chronology and major characteristics of American technology before 1850 is the first available guide in this period to the rapidly developing field of the history of technology. Originally published in 1966. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.