{"product_id":"watts-perfect-engine-steam-and-the-age-of-invention-by-ben-marsden","title":"Watt's Perfect Engine Steam and the Age of Invention by Ben Marsden - USED","description":"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e We all know the story. A young James Watt gazed up at a simmering kettle, then grew up and replaced the rattling lid with a piston, heralding the age of steam. But how much of this familiar legend is true? Ben Marsden's entertaining and informative book provides the answer, which as you might guess is: not a lot. \u003ci\u003eScotland on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e James Watt is synonymous with the steam engine: Promethean symbol of the Industrial Revolution. But what motivated Watt to re-invent steam? And how did Watt's perfect engine become the progenitor of progress and its problems in nineteenth-century Britain?\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781840465464\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Icon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43231105712191,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/8626\/8223\/files\/7553673482843.jpg?v=1778200072","url":"https:\/\/bookconnection.com.au\/products\/watts-perfect-engine-steam-and-the-age-of-invention-by-ben-marsden","provider":"The Book Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}