A History of Industrial Power in the U.S., 1780-1930: Vol 3: The Transmission of Power

by Louis C. Hunter

This richly documented overview of the evolution of power systems completes a major contribution to the history of American technology, business, and society. Volume 1, a survey of the continuing use of water power in the nineteenth century, was published in 1979 and was awarded the Dexter Prize in the history of technology. Volume 2, published shortly after Hunter's death in 1984, dealt with the advent of steam power. Now Lynwood Bryant has edited...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262081989
• ISBN13: 9780262081986
• Release Date: June 1991
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 596 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.