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Respected transport author Julian Holland delves into the intriguing world of steam in his latest book, which is full of absorbing facts and figures on subjects ranging from Cornish beam engines, steam railway locomotives, road vehicles and ships through to traction engines, steam rollers and electricity generating stations and the people who designed and built them. Helped along the way by the inventive minds of James Watt, Richard Trevithick and George Stephenson, steam became the powerhouse that drove the Industrial Revolution in Britain in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Brief, accessible and entertaining pieces on a wide variety of subjects makes it the perfect book to dip in to. The Amazing and Extraordinary Facts series presents interesting, surprising and little-known facts and stories about a wide range of topics which are guaranteed to inform, absorb and entertain in equal measure.

Contents

• 1. Early uses of steam power
• 2. Steam ships
• 3. Steam cars, steam motorcycles, steam lorries, steam buses
• 4. Steam cranes and shovels
• 5. Agricultural traction engines, road rollers
• 6. Steam fairground rides
• 7. The rise and fall of the steam locomotive - from 'Locomotion' to 'Evening Star'
• 8. Industrial uses - factories, mills, power stations.

Code No. 015757, ISBN 9781446301937