A SHORT HISTORY OF THE STEAM ENGINE
Written by H.W. Dickinson
Published by Cambridge University Press
in 1938
- Categorised in:
- ENGINEERING
- STEAM ENGINES
- INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
- HISTORY
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE STEAM ENGINE
Written by H.W. Dickinson.
Stock no. 1831596
1st.
1938.
Hardback.
Almost very good condition.
This volume details the steam engine as the most dynamic factor in the Industrial Revolution, freeing humanity from their age-long dependence upon the power of water, wind, and animals, or of their own muscles. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 11 b/w plates plus b/w illustrations. xvi and 255 pages including index. Spne is heavily sunned/faded with a few marks and light shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Fading to edges of rear boad and a few marks. Text block browned with some foxing. Endpapers browned, some foxing present to contents.