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65 produkter
Ocean Liners
A New History
Inbunden, 2024
280 kr
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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 through the development of the steamers and ends …
Iron Men
The Workers Who Created the New Iron Age
E-bok, 2015
16 kr
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The eighteenth century saw the second Iron Age. Practically everything was made of iron: the machines of the Industrial Revolution; bridges and the ships that went under them; the trains running on their rails; and the frames of the first skyscrapers. But progress was bought at a price and the …
Anatomy of Canals Volume 3
Decline and Renewal
Av Anthony Burton, Derek Pratt
Häftad, 2003
334 kr
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Competition from rail and later road forced many canals into closure, and a large section of the old system seemed doomed to crumble away into terminal decay. Then came a new industry: the canal leisure industry, and with it the birth of the restoration movement. This final volume in the Anatomy of …
Life on the Farm
E-bok, 2013
63 kr
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Somewhere around 4000 BC, people in Britain began to give up their old hunter-gatherer way of life, instead raising livestock and planting crops: they became farmers. This comprehensive and informative guide covers the history of farming in Britain since this time, when cattle were huge beasts and …
Life on the Railway
E-bok, 2013
63 kr
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On Christmas Eve 1801, Cornish mining engineer Richard Trevithick tested the first steam locomotive on the road. Though it was short-lived, exploding four days later, this was the beginning of the railway age in Britain. By the end of the 18th century, there was a considerable number of railways …
Life in the Mine
E-bok, 2013
63 kr
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Over 4,000 years of history lie in the seams of British mines, beginning all the way back in the New Stone Age. Large-scale coal mining in Britain developed during the Industrial Revolution, providing energy for industry and transportation in industrial areas from the 18th century to the 1950s. …
Victorian and Edwardian Locomotive Portraits, Northern England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
Inbunden, 2024
280 kr
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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 with the main lines of development in the north …
Victorian and Edwardian Locomotive Portraits, Northern England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
E-bok, 2024
197 kr
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Celebrates the evolution of steam locomotives during the Victorian and Edwardian eras through a rich collection of over a hundred historical photographs. The Victorian and Edwardian periods saw the development of the steam locomotive in Britain from a comparatively simple machine to a powerful main …
200 Years of British Train Development
An Illustrated History
Häftad, 2026
167 kr
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This book celebrates the bicentenary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway by looking, not at locomotives, but at the rolling stock behind them, both passenger vehicles and goods wagons. 1825 saw the first train load of passengers hauled by a steam locomotive, but it was an experience …
Taking the Train
Two Centuries of Railway Travel
Inbunden, 2024
288 kr
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The book looks at rail travel from the passenger’s point of view, beginning when a coach drawn by horses, rumbled down the newly laid tracks linking Swansea to Mumbles in 1807 and takes the reader right up to the present day. It was not long after that first service opened in Wales that the first …
Wool Industry a Global History
Covering Two Thousand Years
Inbunden, 2024
280 kr
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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 the raw material to its transformation into woven …
Wool Industry a Global History
Covering Two Thousand Years
E-bok, 2025
221 kr
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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 the raw material to its transformation into woven …
Wool Industry a Global History
Covering Two Thousand Years
E-bok, 2025
221 kr
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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 the raw material to its transformation into woven …
Victorian and Edwardian Locomotive Portraits - The South of England
Inbunden, 2024
280 kr
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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 with the main line of development and that is …
Steam Traction on the Road
From Trevithick to Sentinel: 150 Years of Design and Development
Häftad, 2023
197 kr
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This is the story of how for more than a hundred years steam power played a vital role in the development of road transport. It all began with tentative attempts to build steam carriages by pioneers such as Cugnot in France and Trevithick in Britain, and in the early part of the nineteenth century …
London's Transport From Roman Times to the Present Day
Inbunden, 2022
280 kr
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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 centres of the time. It was the Romans who gave the city its first bridge across the Thames …
Maritime London
An Historical Journey in Pictures and Words
Inbunden, 2022
334 kr
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The book looks at London's maritime history from the establishment of Roman Londinium to the present day. It discusses many different aspects of life on the Thames and its connecting waterways and canals. There was a time when the River Thames was the main highway for the city, when watermen plied …
Maritime London
An Historical Journey in Pictures and Words
E-bok, 2022
147 kr
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The book looks at London''s maritime history from the establishment of Roman Londinium to the present day. It discusses many different aspects of life on the Thames and its connecting waterways and canals. There was a time when the River Thames was the main highway for the city, when watermen plied …
Maritime London
An Historical Journey in Pictures and Words
E-bok, 2022
147 kr
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The book looks at London''s maritime history from the establishment of Roman Londinium to the present day. It discusses many different aspects of life on the Thames and its connecting waterways and canals. There was a time when the River Thames was the main highway for the city, when watermen plied …
Crafted in Britain
The Survival of Britain's Traditional Industries
E-bok, 2017
276 kr
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Crafted in Britain is a celebration of Britain''s traditional crafts and industries that have survived into the modern world, not as museums but on their merits. In an age of increasing automation and standardisation, it is a joy to find such places, where craftsmanship and personal skills are …
Crafted in Britain
The Survival of Britain's Traditional Industries
E-bok, 2017
276 kr
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Crafted in Britain is a celebration of Britain''s traditional crafts and industries that have survived into the modern world, not as museums but on their merits. In an age of increasing automation and standardisation, it is a joy to find such places, where craftsmanship and personal skills are …
Crafted in Britain
The Survival of Britain's Traditional Industries
Inbunden, 2017
309 kr
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Crafted in Britain is a celebration of Britain’s traditional crafts and industries that have survived into the modern world, not as museums but on their merits. In an age of increasing automation and standardisation, it is a joy to find such places, where craftsmanship and personal skills are still …
Britain's Canals
Exploring Their Architectural and Engineering Wonders
Av Anthony Burton, Derek Pratt
E-bok, 2020
228 kr
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Britain''s Canals is a charming and insightful exploration into the amazing architecture and engineering wonders that surround Britain''s inland waterways – from the awe-inspiring 30-lock flight on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, to the delightful chocolate-box lock-keepers'' cottages that line …
Britain's Canals
Exploring Their Architectural and Engineering Wonders
Av Anthony Burton, Derek Pratt
E-bok, 2020
228 kr
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Britain''s Canals is a charming and insightful exploration into the amazing architecture and engineering wonders that surround Britain''s inland waterways – from the awe-inspiring 30-lock flight on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, to the delightful chocolate-box lock-keepers'' cottages that line …
Britain's Canals
Exploring their Architectural and Engineering Wonders
Av Anthony Burton, Derek Pratt
Häftad, 2020
220 kr
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Britain's Canals is a charming and insightful exploration into the amazing architecture and engineering wonders that surround Britain’s inland waterways – from the awe-inspiring 30-lock flight on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, to the delightful chocolate-box lock-keepers’ cottages that line …
The Light Railways of Britain and Ireland
Av Anthony Burton, John Scott-Morgan
E-bok, 2021
131 kr
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First published in 1985 by Moorland Press, The Light Railways of Britain & Ireland has remained unavailable for more than twenty-five years, until now. Re-released by Pen & Sword, this is a thorough and engaging book that covers, in depth, the fascinating story of Britain's last railway …
Canal Builders
The Men Who Constructed Britain''s Canals
E-bok, 2021
123 kr
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Canal Builders is a classic history book for anyone interested in the development of Britain's canal system. The book, which was first published in the 1970s, is now republished here in a new fifth edition. It takes the reader from the middle of the eighteenth century, to the start of the railway …
Steam Traction on the Road
From Trevithick to Sentinel: 150 Years of Design & Development
E-bok, 2018
157 kr
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This is the story of how for more than a hundred years steam power played a vital role in the development of road transport. It all began with tentative attempts to build steam carriages by pioneers such as Cugnot in France and Trevithick in Britain, and in the early part of the nineteenth century …
Steam Traction on the Road
From Trevithick to Sentinel: 150 Years of Design & Development
E-bok, 2018
137 kr
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This is the story of how for more than a hundred years steam power played a vital role in the development of road transport. It all began with tentative attempts to build steam carriages by pioneers such as Cugnot in France and Trevithick in Britain, and in the early part of the nineteenth century …
Balloons and Airships
A Tale of Lighter Than Air Aviation
Inbunden, 2019
263 kr
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This book tells the often dramatic and always fascinating story of flight in lighter than air machines. For centuries man had dreamed of flying, but all attempts failed, until in 1782 the Montgolfier brothers constructed the world's first hot air balloon The following year saw the first ascent with …
