The big railway companies had famous locomotive works such as Crewe and Swindon, but this is the story of the very many other companies, who not only built locomotives for the British railways but supplied them to railways all round the world....Daugiau...
The story of wool covers 4,000 years of human history the first written record of dying wool for cloth was found on a Mesopotamian papyrus c. 2000 BCE. In this book, the whole story is told, from the rearing of the different animals that provide th...Daugiau...
A history of railway travel from improved railway advancements to firsthand passenger encounters.The book looks at rail travel from the passengers point of view, beginning when a coach drawn by horses, rumbled down the newly laid tracks linking Swan...Daugiau...
Disruptive Urbanism examines how different forms and modes of the so called sharing economy are manifesting in cities and regions throughout the world, and how policy makers are responding to these disruptions. Disruptive Urbanism...Daugiau...
The Victorian and Edwardian periods saw the development of the steam locomotive in Britain from a comparatively simple machine to a powerful main line express capable of speeds of a hundred miles an hour. The book starts with an introduction dealing...Daugiau...
The Victorian and Edwardian periods saw the development of the steam locomotive in Britain from a comparatively simple machine to a powerful main line express capable of speeds of a hundred miles an hour. The book starts with an introduction dealing...Daugiau...
Delane A. Bender-Slack, Jody Googins, Francis Godwyll, Kerry Alexander, Lauren Angelone, Delane A. Bender-Slack, K. Milam Brooks, Dominique M. Brown, Brett Anthony Burton, Sara Fitzgerald...
Towards Anti-Racist Educational Research: Radical Moments and Movements is a call for educational researchers and teachers to engage in the work needed to be anti-racist. In the academy, there is no place for neutrality when it comes to rac...Daugiau...
There has always been a romance around ocean liners, but this book looks behind the romance to show the reality of travelling the oceans of the world. The book starts with the first scheduled transatlantic crossings in the age of sail, then moves on...Daugiau...
This book is about technology and how it has changed the lives of people on three continents over the last three hundred years. The development of the cotton industry was the starting point for one of the great turning points in history the industr...Daugiau...
The book traces the history of the various craft that have been used for transport on Britains rivers and canals from the earliest times to the present day. The first section deals with the long history of the development of river craft, from prehis...Daugiau...
Thomas Telfords life was extraordinary: born in the Lowlands of Scotland, where his father worked as a shepherd, he ended his days as the most revered engineer in the world, known punningly as The Colossus of Roads. Thomas Telfords life was...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 09-Mar-2023, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781803991122)
The definitive history of the great engineers who were responsible for the industrial revolution Samuel Smiles published his Lives of the Engineers in 1862, presenting engineers as heroic characters, conquering nature and often overcoming i...Daugiau...
This is the story of how for more than a hundred years steam power played a vital role in the development of road transport. This is the story of how for more than a hundred years steam power played a vital role in the development of road tra...Daugiau...
Transport systems are the lifeblood of all great cities and this is certainly true of London. As far back as Roman times, their city Londinium was the hub of a network of roads leading out to all the major centers of the time. It was the Romans who g...Daugiau...
Isambard Kingdom Brunel has always been regarded as one of Britains great heroes and an engineering genius. His father Marc Brunel has not received the same degree of adulation, but this book will show just how important a part Marc played in his so...Daugiau...
Veterinary disease refer to an impairment that leads to a modification in the vital functions of animals. These diseases are an important area of study as they affect the economy and may transmit the causative agents to the humans. There are several...Daugiau...
Delane A. Bender-Slack, Jody Googins, Francis Godwyll, Kerry Alexander, Lauren Angelone, Delane A. Bender-Slack, K. Milam Brooks, Dominique M. Brown, Brett Anthony Burton, Sara Fitzgerald...
Towards Anti-Racist Educational Research explores how educational research can be an integral part of creating an anti-racist world, from radical moments to radical movements. The authors, coming from a diverse background, combine their voices, inte...Daugiau...
Over a thousand years ago the Chinese discovered that the slender filaments that formed the cocoon of the silk moth, could be woven into beautiful shimmering fabrics. Over a thousand years ago the Chinese discovered that the slender filaments...Daugiau...
