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A Brief History of the Age of Steam
Language: en
Pages: 388
Authors: Thomas Crump
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Constable

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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 y
A Brief History of Life in the Middle Ages
Language: en
Pages: 160
Authors: Martyn Whittock
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-02-07 - Publisher: Robinson

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Using wide-ranging evidence, Martyn Whittock shines a light on Britain in the Middle Ages, bringing it vividly to life. Thus we glimpse 11th century rural socie
A Short History of the Steam Engine
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Henry Winram Dickinson
Categories: Steam-engines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1939 - Publisher: CUP Archive

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The Age of Steam
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: Lucius Beebe
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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Portrays 125 years of steam engine operations on the railroad.
Power from Steam
Language: en
Pages: 360
Authors: Richard L. Hills
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993-08-19 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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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