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A Brief History of the Age of Steam by Thomas Crump
11.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Brief Histories
In 1710, an obscure Devon ironmonger Thomas Newcomen invented a machine with a pump driven by coal, used to extract water from mines. Over the next two hundred years, the steam engine would be at the heart of the industrial revolution that changed the fortunes of nations. Passionately written and insigh ...Show more
Asia-Pacific by Thomas Crump
89.99 NZD
Category: History
At the beginning of the twentieth century China was a weak empire dominated by western countries. By its end it was on its way to becoming one of the greatest powers in the world: The history of the Far East in the twentieth century, including the rise and defeat of the Japanese Empire, is an astonishin ...Show more
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