In this book, Stan Yorke explains the history of the steam engine and the enormous variety of use...

Waterwheels provided our sole source of power, apart from animals and our own sweat, as far back ...

The nineteenth century was an era of scientific advance like no other in history. And no nation g...

The English Industrial Revolution was a triumph of ingenuity and invention. New sources of power,...

Steam railways have always captured the public's imagination. Even from the first stirrings of th...

Waterwheels provided our sole source of power, apart from animals and our own sweat, as far back ...

The nineteenth century was an era of scientific advance like no other in history. And no nation g...

Steam railways have always captured the public's imagination. Even from the first stirrings of th...

In this book, Stan Yorke explains the history of the steam engine and the enormous variety of use...

The English Industrial Revolution was a triumph of ingenuity and invention. New sources of power,...

Steam engines, with their hissing pistons, revolving wheels, and smell of oil and coal smoke, hav...

In this concise illustrated guide, Stan Yorke tells the story of how machines changed the face of...