The Steam Locomotive in America
Author | : Alfred W. Bruce |
Publisher | : New York : W.W. Norton |
Total Pages | : 528 |
Release | : 1952 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Alfred W. Bruce |
Publisher | : New York : W.W. Norton |
Total Pages | : 528 |
Release | : 1952 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : |
Author | : William L. Withuhn |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2019-03-01 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0253039355 |
For nearly half of the nation's history, the steam locomotive was the outstanding symbol for progress and power. It was the literal engine of the Industrial Revolution, and it played an instrumental role in putting the United States on the world stage. While the steam locomotive's basic principle of operation is simple, designers and engineers honed these concepts into 100-mph passenger trains and 600-ton behemoths capable of hauling mile-long freight at incredible speeds. American Steam Locomotives is a thorough and engaging history of the invention that captured public imagination like no other, and the people who brought it to life.
Author | : George Augustus Nokes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 1899 |
Genre | : Locomotives |
ISBN | : |
Author | : J. Parker Lamb |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2003-07-08 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780253342195 |
Perfecting the American Steam Locomotive documents the role played by mechanical engineers in the development of locomotive design. The steam engine and the mechanical engineering profession both grew directly out of the Industrial Revolution's need for sources of power beyond that of men and animals. Invented in England when coal mining was being developed, the practical steam engine eventually found numerous applications in transportation, especially in railroad technology. J. Parker Lamb traces the evolution of the steam engine from the early 1700s through the early 1800s, when the first locomotives were sent to the United States from England. Lamb then shifts the scene to the development of the American steam locomotive, first by numerous small builders, and later, by the early 20th century, by only three major enterprises and a handful of railroad company shops. Lamb reviews the steady progress of steam locomotive technology through its pinnacle during the 1930s, then discusses the reasons for its subsequent decline.
Author | : Richard L. Hills |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1993-08-19 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521458344 |
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.
Author | : Henry Winram Dickinson |
Publisher | : CUP Archive |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1939 |
Genre | : Steam-engines |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Walter |
Publisher | : History Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-11 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780750967167 |
John Walter has created an accessible one-volume study of the development of the steam railway locomotive from Trevithick, Hedley, Blenkinsop, Seguin, Stevenson and other pioneers to the ground-breaking analytical work of Chapelon and his disciples. Beginning with a full history, the book then presents a comprehensive directory based on the Whyte wheel classification system. Packed with images, diagrams and contemporary artworks, this well-researched book will be indispensable to casual and serious enthusiasts alike.
Author | : William L. Withuhn |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 465 |
Release | : 2019-03-01 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0253039347 |
For nearly half of the nation's history, the steam locomotive was the outstanding symbol for progress and power. It was the literal engine of the Industrial Revolution, and it played an instrumental role in putting the United States on the world stage. While the steam locomotive's basic principle of operation is simple, designers and engineers honed these concepts into 100-mph passenger trains and 600-ton behemoths capable of hauling mile-long freight at incredible speeds. American Steam Locomotives is a thorough and engaging history of the invention that captured public imagination like no other, and the people who brought it to life.
Author | : Tom Morrison |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 637 |
Release | : 2018-07-24 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1476627932 |
Between 1900 and 1950, Americans built the most powerful steam locomotives of all time--enormous engines that powered a colossal industry. They were deceptively simple machines, yet, the more their technology was studied, the more obscure it became. Despite immense and sustained engineering efforts, steam locomotives remained grossly inefficient in their use of increasingly costly fuel and labor. In the end, they baffled their masters and, as soon as diesel-electric technology provided an alternative, steam locomotives disappeared from American railroads. Drawing on the work of eminent engineers and railroad managers of the day, this lavishly illustrated history chronicles the challenges, triumphs and failures of American steam locomotive development and operation.
Author | : G. A. Sekon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1899 |
Genre | : Locomotives |
ISBN | : |