Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-07-24 - Publisher: McFarland
Between 1900 and 1950, Americans built the most powerful steam locomotives of all time--enormous engines that powered a colossal industry. They were deceptively simple machines, yet, the more their technology was studied, the more obscure it became. Despite immense and sustained engineering efforts, steam locomotives remained grossly inefficient in their
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-11-21 - Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Technology, which has significantly changed Western man's way of life over the past century, exerted a powerful influence on American society during the third quarter of the nineteenth century. In this study Raymond H. Merritt focuses on the engineering profession, in order to describe not only the vital role that
Authors: Association of American Railroads. Bureau of Railway Economics. Library, Association of American Railroads. Bureau of Railway Economics, Richard Holland Johnston
Categories: Cataloging, Cooperative
Type: BOOK - Published: 1912 - Publisher: Chicago, University Press [1912]