Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Prologue
- 1 From Riquet to Watt
- 2 From Jessop to Marc Isambard Brunel
- 3 From Trevithick to Sadi Carnot
- 4 From Henry to Bazalgette
- 5 From Eads to Bell
- 6 From Braun to Hertz
- 7 From Diesel to Marconi
- 8 From Pal'chinskii to Zworykin
- 9 From Gabor to Shannon
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Credits
- Image credits
- References
Bibliography
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 December 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Prologue
- 1 From Riquet to Watt
- 2 From Jessop to Marc Isambard Brunel
- 3 From Trevithick to Sadi Carnot
- 4 From Henry to Bazalgette
- 5 From Eads to Bell
- 6 From Braun to Hertz
- 7 From Diesel to Marconi
- 8 From Pal'chinskii to Zworykin
- 9 From Gabor to Shannon
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Credits
- Image credits
- References
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- Remarkable EngineersFrom Riquet to Shannon, pp. 191 - 199Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010
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