Energy into power
Subtitle: the story of man and machines
By: [by] E. G. Sterland.
Contributors: American Museum of Natural History.
Series: Nature and science library
Publisher: Published for the American Museum of Natural History by the Natural History Press
Published: 1967
Place of publication: Garden City, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Mechanical engineering -- Juvenile literature; Mechanical engineering; Power (Mechanics)
Description: A history of man's search for substitutes for muscle power. Describes such sources of energy as sun, wind, water, fossil fuels, and the atom; and examines the devices which convert these into usable power: windmills, steam engines, turbines, nuclear reactors, and others.