The steam engine : fueling the Industrial Revolution /
Joanne Mattern.
- 1st ed.
- New York : PowerKids Press, 2003.
- 24 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
- Reading power .
- Technology that changed the world .
- Mattern, Joanne, 1963- Technology that changed the world. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 23) and index.
The need for power -- The first steam engines -- Improving the steam engine -- The power of steam -- Steam engines at work.
Presents information on the steam engine, including its invention, history, how it works, and how it has affected people's lives.