Author : William Rosen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 43,84 MB
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0226726347
"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.
Author : Richard L. Hills
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 12,80 MB
Release : 1993-08-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521458344
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.
Author : Nehemiah Hawkins
Publisher :
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 48,29 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Air-engines
ISBN :
Relating to stationary, marine and locomotive engines; steam fire engines; pumping, hoisting and portable engines; gas, oil and air engines; explaining their principal points and their care and management.
Author : Livio Dante Porta
Publisher :
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 18,29 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Steam locomotives
ISBN : 9780954713157
Author : Karen Parker
Publisher : TLC Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,79 MB
Release : 2009-06-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780939487899
This book examines how modern steam locomotive works, including all its major sub-systems and appliances. Illustrations show how each part of the locomotive fits into the overall functioning, some background on each aspect of each function, and examples of various locomotives from a wide variety of railroads all over the U.S. The book is written for the layman to understand, providing a really easy to comprehend, yet technically competent and complete volume that will be valuable for anyone interested in the steam era.
Author : Tubal Cain
Publisher : Nexus Special Interests
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 17,71 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Models and modelmaking
ISBN : 9781854861474
A guide to building simple oscillating steam engine models. It describes the making of four such models: Kitty, a small overtype engine; Otto, a simple steam turbine plant; Wencelas, a superior Christmas present; and Henry a 19th-century vertical engine and boiler.
Author : William L. Withuhn
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 27,2 MB
Release : 2019-03-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0253039355
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.
Author : Stan Bray
Publisher : The Crowood Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 32,30 MB
Release : 2005-12-21
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 071984357X
In this book long-time model maker Stan Bray describes the construction of a range of uncomplicated miniature steam engines, for construction by the model engineer.
Author : Jack Norbeck
Publisher : Crestline
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 36,32 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
Author : J. Parker Lamb
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 19,10 MB
Release : 2003-07-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780253342195
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.
