Richard Trevithick: The Engineer and the Man - Couverture souple

Dickinson, H. W.

 
9781108016353: Richard Trevithick: The Engineer and the Man
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1108016359 ISBN 13 : 9781108016353
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

To mark the centenary of Richard Trevithick (1771–1833) H. W Dickinson and Arthur Titley published a fascinating book on the engineer and his work. They succeed in producing a work which appeals to the scientist, the historian and the general reader, without feeling obliged to over-simplify the technical details. Today best remembered for his early railway locomotive, Trevithick worked on a wide range of projects, including mines, mills, dredging machinery, a tunnel under the Thames, military engineering, and prospecting in South America. The book and other centenary activities helped to restore Trevithick's rather neglected reputation as a pioneering engineer of the Industrial Revolution, although his difficult personality and financial failures caused him to be overshadowed by his contemporaries such as Robert Stephenson and James Watt. The book places his achievements in their historical context, and contains many illustrations of his inventions.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1108016359
ISBN 13 
9781108016353
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
356
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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