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The most powerful idea in the world : a story of steam, industry, and invention
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
The most powerful idea in the world : a story of steam, industry, and invention
AUTHOR:
Rosen, William, 1955-
ISBN:
9781400067053
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Random House, 2010
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xxv, 370 p. ; 25 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS:
Rocket -- Changes in the atmosphere -- A great company of men -- The first and true inventor -- A very great quantity of heat -- Science in his hands -- The whole thing was arranged in my mind -- Master of them all -- A field that is endless -- Quite splendid with a file -- To give England the power of cotton -- Wealth of nations -- Strong steam -- The fuel of interest.
SUBJECT:
Steam-engines -- History
Inventions -- History
Industrial revolution -- Great Britain -- History