Capital and Steam Power, 1750-1800; with a bibliography and introduction by W H Chaloner

Details:

Author(s) Lord, John
Publication type Monograph
Year published 1966
Pages 2nd ed; 253pp
Publisher Frank Cass
Place Published London

Topics:

Name Power & fuel history

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Library:

Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Economic history texts

Notes:

First published 1923. Second edition reprinted 2006. Scholarly account of the role of steam power in the late 18th century economy based on the archives of Boulton & Watt which are used here by an historian for the first time since Samuel Smiles in 1865. Much about Boulton & Watt and largely about the accumulation of capital based on the harnessing of steam power for the service of industry