In the middle of the eighteenth century, British entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal and the world changed forever. Factories, railways and gunboats then propelled the We
When the Berenstain Bears family takes a steam train trip across Bear Country, Mama and Papa enjoy the scenery, but the cubs want to learn about the train from Grizzly Jones, who just might let them b
By 1838, over two thousand Americans had been killed and many hundreds injured by exploding steam engines on steamboats. After calls for a solution in two State of the Union addresses, a Senate Select
Why is it that so many of the best-loved novels of the Victorian era take place not in the steam-powered railway present in which they were published, but in the very recent past? Most works by Dicken
We inhabit a world of fluids, including air (a gas), water (a liquid), steam (vapour) and the numerous natural and synthetic fluids which are essential to modern-day life. Fluid mechanics concerns the
After an apparent temporary relief, the financial crisis is back full steam. The ‘double dip’ has turned into a full-blown meltdown of financial markets, public budgets and, by and large, democratic a
A colourful book full of pictures of exciting vehicles to discover, from steam trains, lorries and trucks to sports cars, electric bicycles and aeroplanes. Each page features different types of transp
In Strange Sounds, Timothy D. Taylor explains the wonder and anxiety provoked by a technological revolution that began in the 1940s and gathers steam daily. Taylor discusses the ultural role of techno
Throughout the ages of sail and steam, migrants made vital contributions to the construction of the urban-maritime world in terms of the built environment, the sociocultural milieu, and contemporary r
