The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry and Invention by William Rosen

The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry and Invention

William Rosen

401 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction history science technology adventurous informative slow-paced
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The result was a period of frantic innovation revolving particularly around the promise of steam power. Rosen traces the steam engine’s history from its early days as a clumsy but sturdy machine, to its coming-of-age driving the wheels of mills a...

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