Steam Power on the American Farm / / Reynold M. Wik.
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Ann...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016] ©1953 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Edition: | Reprint 2016 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Anniversary Collection
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- I. Steam Power Comes to the Farm -- II. The Portable Agricultural Steam Engine -- III. Portable Steam Engines Used for Threshing Purposes -- IV. Self-Propelled Agricultural Steam Engines -- V. The Steam-Engine Boom, 1885-1912 -- VI. The Heyday of Steam Power on the Farm -- VII. Distribution, Financing, and Sale of Steam Traction Engines -- VIII. Threshermen's Organizations and Schools -- IX. The Development of the Tractor and the Decline of Steam Power -- Notes -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781512808469 9783110442526 |
DOI: | 10.9783/9781512808469 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Reynold M. Wik. |