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An illustrated history of the bicycle in the United States. Covers a plethora of classic two-wheelers from the elegant high-wheelers of the 1880s to the balloon-tired whitewalls of the 1950s,...

James Watt is synonymous with the steam-engine, Promethean symbol of the Industrial Revolution. But what motivated him to re-invent steam? What convinced him that a simple idea - to give...

The book titled Sarich: The Man and His Engines by the author Pedr Davis. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Fully updated and revised, the second edition of this introductory text on air-breathing jet propulsion focuses on the basic operating principles of jet engines and gas turbines. A state-of-the-art review...

In 1710 an obscure Devon ironmonger Thomas Newcomen invented a machine with a pump driven by coal, used to extract water from mines. Over the next two hundred years the...

When we look around our homes, sheds and garages we see an array of objects that spring to life with the click of a button or twist of a knob,...