Explorations: Iron Horse: the essence of steam technology

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The essence of steam technology, as Simon Schaffer explains in Faraday's laboratory, is to understand the behaviour of fire, water and steam. The role of glass in manipulating these is absolutely fundamental, as is the role of distilling.
 
Created: 2018-03-07 17:46
Collection: A History of the World (The Day the World Took Off)
Publisher: University of Cambridge
Copyright: Prof Alan Macfarlane
Language: eng (English)
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