How Steam Locomotives Really Work (Popular Science)
P. W. B. Semmens
ISBN 10: 0198607822 ISBN 13: 9780198607823
Published by Oxford University Press, U.S.A. 18/12/2003, 2003
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The technology underlying steam trains was one of the foundations of the industrial revolution in the 19th Century, and although it has since been replaced, steam trains can still be found all over the world, in preserved railways and museums. This book describes their components, and how thy work: and considers their development over 150 years all over the world.
About the Author: Peter Semmens was formerly Deputy Head of the highly popular National Railway Museum in York from 1974, and has been active for many years in the popularization of science and technology. He has written 33 books on trains and railways, and in 1990 he was appointed Chief Correspondent of The Railway Magazine, having written the monthly "Railway Practice and Performance" for many years. Alan Goldfinch was Chief Mechanical and Electrical Engineer, British Rail Eastern Region, until he retired in 1989.
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Title: How Steam Locomotives Really Work (Popular ...
Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A. 18/12/2003
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good