Diesel: Technology and Society in Industrial Germany

by Donald E. Thomas and Donald E. Thomas Jr

Book Overview

0false18 pt18 pt00falsefalsefalse A case study of the technological, economic, and intellectual trends during Germany's industrial revolution. The life of Rudolf Diesel, a man who achieved a power plant with the potential for revolutionizing industry and transportation. Diesel demonstrated that he possessed both the scientific insight and technical skill needed to create the diesel engine.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817302956
• ISBN13: 9780817302955
• Release Date: December 1986
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.