The Most Powerful Idea in the World

  Copyright © 2010 by William Rosen

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  Rosen, William.

  The most powerful idea in the world: a story of steam, industry, and invention / William Rosen.

  p. cm.

  eISBN: 978-0-679-60361-0

  1. Steam-engines—History. 2. Inventions—History. 3. Industrial revolution—

  Great Britain—History. I. Title.

  TJ46.R67 2010

  909.81—dc22 2009041662

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