Watt's Perfect Engine: Steam and the Age of Invention

Watt's Perfect Engine: Steam and the Age of Invention

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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 steam-engine a separate condenser. A fascinating story of scientific and social upheaval in an age of radical change.

Author: Ben Marsden
Format: Hardback, 176 pages, 111mm x 178mm, 289 g
Published: 2002, Icon Books, United Kingdom
Genre: Regional History
Interest Age: 14 years

Vendor: Secondhand Stock
SKU: 9781840463613-SECONDHAND
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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 steam-engine a separate condenser. A fascinating story of scientific and social upheaval in an age of radical change.