Innovators The Engineering Pioneers Who Made America Modern

Name: Innovators The Engineering Pioneers Who Made America Modern
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ISBN: 9780471140962

ISBN-10: 0471140961

ISBN-13: 9780471140962

Edition: 1996

Authors: David P. Billington

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Starting with the Industrial Revolution, Billington explores the history of American engineering, discussing the major advances and the people who made them in terms of scientific basis, historical context and cultural impact.

Book details

List price: $70.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/5/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Iron, Steam, and Early Industry, 1776-1855


Modern Engineering and the Transformation of America


Watt, Telford, and the British Beginnings


Fulton's Steamboat and the Mississippi


Lowell and the American Industrial Revolution


Francis and the Industrial Power Network


Crossing the Continent, 1830-1883


The Stephensons, Thomson, and the Eastern Railroads


Henry Morse, and the Telegraph


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Louis versus Chicago and the Continental Railroads


Carnegie and the Climax of Steel


Edison and the Network for Light


The Centennial Revolutions, 1876-1883


Notes and References


Index


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