by David P. Billington (Author), David P. Billington Jr. (Author)
Presents an account of the engineering behind eight breakthrough innovations that transformed American life from 1876 to 1939 - the telephone, electric power, oil refining, the automobile, the airplane, radio, the long-span steel bridge, and building with reinforced concrete.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 296
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 02 Oct 2006
ISBN 10: 0691102929
ISBN 13: 9780691102924