{"product_id":"early-power-and-transport-bryan-lawton-9780791861417","title":"Early Power and Transport: Young Engineer's Guide to Various and Ingenious Machines","description":"\u003cp\u003eBryan Lawton received ASME's Engineering - Historian Award in 2016 for his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eacclaimed book, \u003cem\u003eVarious and Ingenious Machines. \u003c\/em\u003eVIM is a 1300 page, two-volume\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ework, which provides a well-researched history of mechanical engineering\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eworldwide, from prehistory to roughly the beginnnings of industrialization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the main purposes of his two-volume VIM is to not only deliver an outline of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emechanical engineering history, but also to provide an adequate mathematical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etreatment for each topic, without straying beyond an engineering first degree level.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThus the reader can enjoy a well-written history and can supplement it with a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econcise mathematical explanation in the appendices at the end of most of the chapters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eASME Press is offering VIM in a shortened, more affordable and accessible form, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto serve as a guide for possibly probing deeper into the parent work. Volume 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecovers early power generation and transportation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bryan Lawton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791861414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791861417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e American Society of Mechanical Engineers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d","brand":"Bryan Lawton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926080291071,"sku":"9780791861417","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f1113417-40cf-4085-b588-1b6ecefa8ac8.jpg?v=1681081086","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/early-power-and-transport-bryan-lawton-9780791861417","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}