Energy into power : the story of man and machines

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    • Sterland, Ernest George
    • American Museum of Natural History

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Energy into power : the story of man and machines

[by] E. G. Sterland

(Nature and science library)

Published for the American Museum of Natural History by the Natural History Press, 1967

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Summary: A history of man's search for substitutes for muscle power. Describes such sources of energy as sun, wind, water, fossil fuels, and the atom; and examines the devices which convert these into usable power: windmills, steam engines, turbines, nuclear reactors, and others

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