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Power From Steam: The History of the Stationary Steam Engine

Richard Leslie Hills

This is the first comprehensive history of the steam engine in fifty years. It follows the development of reciprocating steam engines, from their earliest forms to the beginning of the twentieth century when they were replaced by steam turbines.

GenresSteam-enginesHistory

338 pages, 4 editions

English edition · First published 1989 by Cambridge University Press · ISBN 9780521343565

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Editions

4 editions

English

  • Power From Steam: The History of the Stationary Steam Engine · Cambridge University Press · 1989 · ISBN 9780521343565 This page
  • Power from Steam · Cambridge University Press · 2012 · ISBN 9781139242325
  • Power From Steam: A History of the Stationary Steam Engine · Cambridge University Press · 1989 · ISBN 9780511565038
  • Power From Steam: The History of the Stationary Steam Engine · Cambridge University Press · 1989 · ISBN 9780521458344

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