The Most Powerful Idea in the World

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

"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.

Power from Steam

Power from Steam
Author: Richard L. Hills
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1993-08-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521458344

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.

The Mighty Steam Engine

The Mighty Steam Engine
Author: Yvonne Ng
Publisher: Amicus Ink
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2019-08-06
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781681522371

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.

Watt's Perfect Engine

Watt's Perfect Engine
Author: Ben Marsden
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780231131728

Discusses the life of scientist James Watt, inventor of the separate-condenser steam engine, and focuses on re-discovering steam, types of steam engines, manufacturing and marketing a steam engine.

Steam on the Farm

Steam on the Farm
Author: Jonathan Brown
Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN:

The 19th century was the great age of steam. This book traces the history and development of the agricultural use of steam power from the 19th century to the end of the Second World War and considers how it was actually used.