Power from Steam
Power from Steam

Author: Richard L. Hills

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1993-08-19

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9780521458344

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This is the first comprehensive history of the steam engine in fifty years. It follows the development of reciprocating steam engines, from their earliest forms to the beginning of the twentieth century when they were replaced by steam turbines.

James Watt
James Watt

Author: Anna Sproule

Publisher: Blackbirch Press, Incorporated

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781567113389

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A biography of the eighteenth-century Scottish inventor and engineer whose improved designs of the steam engine made its wide use possible.

They Made America
They Made America

Author: David Lefer

Publisher: Back Bay Books

Published: 2009-03-03

Total Pages: 922

ISBN-13: 0316070343

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An illustrated history of American innovators -- some well known, some unknown, and all fascinating -- by the author of the bestselling The American Century.

All Aboard!
All Aboard!

Author: Monica Kulling

Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 0887769454

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Highlights the life and accomplishments of the Canadian-born black American who developed an oil cup that allowed train engines to be oiled while the train was running, as well as many other inventions.

The Mighty Steam Engine
The Mighty Steam Engine

Author: Yvonne Ng

Publisher: Amicus Ink

Published: 2019-08-06

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781681522371

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Using the rhyming poetic structure of This is the House that Jack Built, author Yvonne Ng takes young readers on a cumulative path through the inner workings of a steam engine, from the big wheels rolling on the tracks all the way to the engineer driving the train.