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James Watt, Chemist: Understanding the Origins of the Steam Age - Science & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
David Philip Miller
In the Victorian era, James Watt became an iconic engineer, but in his own time he was also an influential chemist. Miller examines Watt's illustrious engineering career in light of his parallel interest in chemistry, arguing that Watt's conception of steam engineering relied upon chemical understandings.
256 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 30, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780822944836 |
| Publishers | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 545 g (Weight (estimated)) |
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