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Inventive geniuses who changed the world : fifty -three great British scientists and engineers and five centuries of innovation / John Bailey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bailey, John, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technological innovations--Great Britain--History.
- Technological innovations.
- Scientists--Great Britain.
- Scientists.
- Engineers--Great Britain.
- Engineers.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color)
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer, [2022]
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], ℗♭2022.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Revolutions - Scientific, Agricultural and Industrial
- The Steam Age - Evolution of Steam Engines and the 1st Steam Locomotive
- Advances in Forms of Transport - Steam Locomotives, Cycle Tyres, Oceanic Liners, and Jet Aircraft. Transport Infrastructure - Canals, Roads, and Commercial Railways
- Drawbacks with Industrialization. Sanitary Revolution Offering Technologies to Improve Public Health
- Natural Sciences
- History of the Atom, 1803 to 1932.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 8, 2021).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edwin B. Cole Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9783030813819
- 3030813819
- Publisher Number:
- 99990118999
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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