Includes bibliographical references (page 32) and index.
Note
"Machines that changed the world"--Cover.
Contents
Quest for power -- People power -- Animal power -- Wind power -- Water power -- Steam engine -- Steam trains -- Internal combustion engine -- Automobile -- Wright stuff -- Soaring higher -- Rockets and more -- Nuclear power -- Powering into the future -- Revolution continues.
Summary
Steamships, locomotives, and the airplane - these machines revolutionized the world. "The Revolution in Industry" takes a look at how these and other machines changed history.