A History of Industrial Power in the U.S., 1780-1930: Vol 3: The Transmission of Power

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Summary: This is a VERY thick book
Review: To start with: This is volume 1 of the series, not volume 2. The cataloging information should read: A History of Industrial Power in the U.S., 1780-1930. Vol 1: Water Power in the Century of the Steam Engine. Charlottesville, NC: The University Press of Virginia, 1979. And FWIW, the book is 606 blinding pages long. Oooh, my eyes!

Tables, numbers, jaw-dropping research. But the author is fond of words "potentialities," "hyperbole," "appurtenant," and "foregoing." If you're looking for Burt Reynolds and a little Deliverance in this water-logged story, you'll be disappointed. If, on the other hand, you want to know everything there is to know about the Fourneyron turbine...zzzz...sorry, I fell asleep for a moment there...then this is the book for you.