The Age of Steam

The Age of Steam
Title The Age of Steam PDF eBook
Author Lucius Beebe
Publisher Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Pages 312
Release 1994
Genre History
ISBN 9780883940792

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Portrays 125 years of steam engine operations on the railroad.

A Brief History of the Age of Steam

A Brief History of the Age of Steam
Title A Brief History of the Age of Steam PDF eBook
Author Thomas Crump
Publisher Carroll & Graf Publishers
Pages 388
Release 2007-10-26
Genre History
ISBN

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In 1710 an obscure Devon ironmonger Thomas Newcomen invented a machine with a pump driven by coal, used to extract water from mines. Over the next two hundred years the steam engine would be at the heart of the industrial revolution that changed the fortunes of nations. Passionately written and insightful, A Brief History of the Age of Steam reveals not just the lives of the great inventors such as Watts, Stephenson and Brunel but also tells a narrative that reaches from the US to the expansion of China, India, and South America and shows how the steam engine changed the world.

Dead Iron

Dead Iron
Title Dead Iron PDF eBook
Author Devon Monk
Publisher Penguin
Pages 290
Release 2011-07-05
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1101516461

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Welcome to a new America that is built on blood, sweat, and gears... In steam age America, men, monsters, machines, and magic battle for the same scrap of earth and sky. In this chaos, bounty hunter Cedar Hunt rides, cursed by lycanthropy and carrying the guilt of his brother's death. Then he's offered hope that his brother may yet survive. All he has to do is find the Holder: a powerful device created by mad devisers-and now in the hands of an ancient Strange who was banished to walk this Earth. In a land shaped by magic, steam, and iron, where the only things a man can count on are his guns, gears, and grit, Cedar will have to depend on all three if he's going to save his brother and reclaim his soul once and for all...

The Age of Steam

The Age of Steam
Title The Age of Steam PDF eBook
Author J. N. Westwood
Publisher Thunder Bay Press (CA)
Pages 0
Release 2000
Genre Steam locomotives
ISBN 9781571452849

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The power and romance of the age of steam are captured in this vividly illustrated chronicle of the steam trains and railways that forged a new era in transportation from 1830 onward Presenting the first opportunity for long-distance travel powered by machines, the emergence of the train had an unprecedented influence on the development of industry, social history, emigration, leisure patterns, and military history. The steam locomotive was, in short, an engine for change whose impact around the world was both profound and indelible.

The Most Powerful Idea in the World

The Most Powerful Idea in the World
Title The Most Powerful Idea in the World PDF eBook
Author William Rosen
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 401
Release 2012-03-15
Genre History
ISBN 0226726347

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"The Most Powerful Idea in the World argues that the very notion of intellectual property drove not only the invention of the steam engine but also the entire Industrial Revolution." -- Back cover.

French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914

French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914
Title French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914 PDF eBook
Author Stephen S. Roberts
Publisher Seaforth Publishing
Pages 1400
Release 2021-10-31
Genre History
ISBN 1526745348

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“This outstanding book will be essential for future studies of naval policy in the period between la Gloire and the Great War.” —The Naval Review This book is the first comprehensive listing in English of more than 1400 warships that were added to the official French navy fleet list between 1 January 1859 and World War I. It includes everything from the largest battleships to a small armoured gunboat that looked like a floating egg. Reflecting the main phases of naval policy, the ships are listed in three separate parts to keep contemporary designs together and then by ship type and class. For each class the book provides a design history explaining why the ships were built, substantial technical characteristics for the ships as completed and after major reconstructions, and selected career milestones including the ultimate fate of each ship. Following the earlier volumes written jointly with Rif Winfield, French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626–1786 and French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861, this trilogy now provides a complete picture of the development of French warships over a period of almost three centuries. “As a technical reference on the French ships of 1859 to 1914, this book is a must for the serious naval architecture student, modeler, or enthusiast. So much solid information is packed in this book, arranged logically, clearly and with so many illustrations, I cannot see where another volume on this subject can compete. Highly recommended!” —Nautical Research Journal “Superlatives abound in describing this book, arguably the finest naval ‘shiplist’ ever created.” —Warship International

Europe's Age of Steam

Europe's Age of Steam
Title Europe's Age of Steam PDF eBook
Author Pierre Miquel
Publisher Silver Burdett Press
Pages 70
Release 1983
Genre History
ISBN 9780382066443

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Text and illustrations describe the day-to-day life and political, military, economic, and cultural events in Europe in the middle of the nineteenth century.