Steam: The Untold Story of America's First Great Invention

By Andrea Sutcliffe

Book Overview

In 1807, Robert Fulton, using an English mail-order steam engine, chugged four miles an hour up the Hudson River, passing into popular folklore as the inventor of the steamboat. However, the true... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403968993
• ISBN13: 9781403968999
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.3"