About this title: "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 ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr
Date Published: 2003-06-01
ISBN-13:9780253342195ISBN:0253342198
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: INDIANA UNIV PR
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780253342195ISBN:0253342198
Description: New. 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... read more
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