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The steam engine / by Debra Deford.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Great inventionsPublication details: Milwaukee, WI : World Almanac Library, 2005.Description: 48 pages; illustrations (some color); 25 cmISBN:
  • 0836858034
  • 9780836858037
  • 0836865901
  • 9780836865905
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 621.1 22
LOC classification:
  • TJ467 .D44 2005
Contents:
Chapter 1 Turning Steam into Power 4 -- Chapter 2 Steam-Driven Machines 9 -- Chapter 3 Major Improvements 14 -- Chapter 4 Steam Locomotion 20 -- Chapter 5 Steam Navigation 26 -- Chapter 6 Making the Steam Engine Better 32 -- Chapter 7 Into the Future 38.
Summary: Traces the history of steam power from its lowly beginnings as the result of heat applied to water to its great influence on the Industrial Revolution and beyond.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Junior Non-Fiction Junior Non-Fiction Waimate Junior Non-Fiction Children &Young Adults Section 621.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A00404328

Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index.

Chapter 1 Turning Steam into Power 4 -- Chapter 2 Steam-Driven Machines 9 -- Chapter 3 Major Improvements 14 -- Chapter 4 Steam Locomotion 20 -- Chapter 5 Steam Navigation 26 -- Chapter 6 Making the Steam Engine Better 32 -- Chapter 7 Into the Future 38.

Traces the history of steam power from its lowly beginnings as the result of heat applied to water to its great influence on the Industrial Revolution and beyond.

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