Watt's Perfect Engine
Steam and the Age of Invention
Ben Marsden(Author)
Icon Books (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 7. November 2002
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-1-84046-361-3 (ISBN)
Description
James Watt is synonymous with the steam-engine, Promethean symbol of the Industrial Revolution. But what motivated him to re-invent steam? What convinced him that a simple idea - to give the steam-engine a separate condenser. A fascinating story of scientific and social upheaval in an age of radical change.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Duxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: 14 years
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 111 mm
Weight
289 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84046-361-3 (9781840463613)
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