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By Kevin Hillstrom, Laurie Collier Hillstrom

ISBN-10: 1851096205

ISBN-13: 9781851096206

ISBN-10: 1851096256

ISBN-13: 9781851096251

An remarkable set of books at the business Revolution, those entire volumes disguise the heritage of steam transport, iron and metal creation, and railroads―three interrelated corporations that helped shift the commercial Revolution into overdrive.

• Sidebars―many that includes basic documents―include themes similar to Mark Twain's days as a river pilot, Andrew Carnegie's libraries, and the effect of railroads on immigration, giving scholars attention-grabbing insights into key matters and figures

• comprises in-depth biographical profiles and a entire index of individuals, areas, and key phrases for simple entry to details on particular topics

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Reynolds also began making iron rails in 1767, which he used to carry coal from the mines to the smelter—thus, he is said by some to be the inventor of the railroad. In 1774 John Wilkinson, known as the “great Staffordshire ironmaster,” patented a precision cannon borer that he manufactured at his father’s Beisham factory at Denbigh in Wales. Little did he know that his boring machine would be essential in one of the most important breakthroughs of the Industrial Revolution—the steam engine, invented by James Watt.

Perhaps 12,000 years ago, some unknown innovator pounded naturally occurring raw copper into a tool, ornament, or utensil. Another 5,500 years passed before another unchronicled inventor in what is today Thailand is believed to have mixed molten tin and copper for the first time to create a much harder material—bronze. That event ushered in southeast Asia’s Bronze Age, which did not begin elsewhere until about 5,000 years ago in what are today Turkey and Greece, about 3,800 years ago in China, and 3,000 years ago in the pre-Columbian civilizations of the Americas.

In 1847 Kelly began experimenting toward strengthening iron through the introduction of a current of air. The method he invented, known as “Kelly’s air-boiling process,” was widely used for the manufacture of boiler plates. When Bessemer’s technology arrived in the United States, Kelly claimed that Bessemer had obtained it from English workmen who had worked for Kelly and then returned to England. S. patent on his process, and Bessemer traveled to the United States to dispute Kelly’s charges. S.

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