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Paperback The Steam Engine: Comprising an Account of Its Invention and Progressive Improvement Book

ISBN: 1108070280

ISBN13: 9781108070287

The Steam Engine: Comprising an Account of Its Invention and Progressive Improvement

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Thomas Tredgold (1788-1829) has been described as 'the most influential technical author of his generation and possibly of the nineteenth century'. His writings contributed greatly to the wider understanding of engineering, and it is his definition of civil engineering that the Institution of Civil Engineers wrote into their charter of 1828. Published in 1827, this work provides a historical survey and explanation of 'a masterpiece of human contrivance'...

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