History of Industrial Power in the U. S., 1780-1930: Steam Power (v. 2) [Hardcover]

Louis Hunter (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 424 pages
• Publisher: University Press of Virginia (January 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813910447
• ISBN-13: 978-0813910444
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.5 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,781,378 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Steam Engines and Industrial Development, July 17, 2001

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This review is from: History of Industrial Power in the U. S., 1780-1930: Steam Power (v. 2) (Hardcover)

This book is? 1) Long 2) Thorough 3) Clearly Written 4) All of the above. Answer - 4 This book will teach you more than you ever wanted to know about stationary steam engines (i.e. not locomotive engines or steamboat engines) and their development in the 19th Century. It includes very clear descriptions about how high and low pressure engines work, about compounding, and about variable cut-offs. Although the book does not include locomotives, I wish I had read this before I started to read about railroad engines. The latter would have made a lot more sense. The only complaint I have with the book is that there are numerous redundancies from chapter to chapter. It reads as if the author wrote individual chapters independently, but the duplications weren't edited out at the end.