The power of steam : an illustrated history of the world's steam age / Asa Briggs.

Main entry:

Briggs, Asa, 1921-2016.

Title & Author:

The power of steam : an illustrated history of the world's steam age / Asa Briggs.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1982.

Description:

208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Making steam work -- James Watt and the industrial revolution -- The gospel of steam -- Locomotion -- Power for the world -- Vintage technology -- Places to see steam.

ISBN:

0226074951
9780226074955
0226074978 (pbk.)
9780226074979 (pbk.)

Subject:

Steam engineering History.
Technique de la vapeur Histoire.
Steam engineering
Stoommachines.

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 79914
Call No.: 0002732 11103 A1935; ID:85-B10278
Status: Available

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