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Rail, Steam, and Speed: The "Rocket" and the Birth of Steam Locomotion Hardcover - 2004

by McGowan, Christopher

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In fascinating detail, Christopher McGowan explains how locomotives work and how they were developed--a technology that transformed the world in arguably the most profound way since the discovery of the wheel. A wonderful resource for train buffs and model collectors.

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Columbia University Press, 2004. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a well preserved pictorial dust jacket. The text is clean and unmarked, x + 379pp.
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Details

  • Title Rail, Steam, and Speed: The "Rocket" and the Birth of Steam Locomotion
  • Author McGowan, Christopher
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Columbia University Press, New York
  • Date 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 272380
  • ISBN 9780231134743 / 0231134746
  • Weight 1.47 lbs (0.67 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.28 x 6.26 x 1.01 in (23.57 x 15.90 x 2.57 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1800-1850
  • Library of Congress subjects Steam locomotives - England - History - 19th, Railroads - England - History - 19th century
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004049411
  • Dewey Decimal Code 625.261

First line

On the morning of Tuesday 6 October 1829, a huge crowd, estimated at between ten and fifteen thousand, gathered at a temporary meeting ground in the north of England, some ten miles from Liverpool.

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Citations

  • Choice, 06/01/2005, Page 1839
  • Library Journal, 11/15/2004, Page 71

About the author

Christopher McGowan is the author of several books, including A Practical Guide to Vertebrate Mechanics; Dinosaurs, Spitfires, and Sea Dragons; The Raptor and the Lamb: Predators and Prey in the Living World; and The Dragon Seekers: The Discovery of Dinosaurs During the Prelude to Darwin. He recently retired from the Department of Paleobiology at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada, and is a professor in the Department of Zoology at the University of Toronto.

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