The most powerful idea in the world
Subtitle: a story of steam, industry, and invention
By: William Rosen.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781400067053
Subjects: Steam-engines -- History; Inventions -- History; Industrial revolution -- Great Britain -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : Rocket; title: Changes in the atmosphere; title: A great company of men; title: The first and true inventor; title: A very great quantity of heat; title: Science in his hands; title: The whole thing was arranged in my mind; title: Master of them all; title: A field that is endless; title: Quite splendid with a file; title: To give England the power of cotton; title: Wealth of nations; title: Strong steam; title: The fuel of interest