Victorian Technology: Invention, Innovation, and the Rise of the Machine (Victorian Life and Times)

An enlightening history of 19th-century technology, focusing on the connections between invention and cultural values.· A chronology marking dates of important inventions and innovations, the passage of laws relating to finance and working conditions, workers' organizations, and transformations in warfare.· Detailed drawings and photographs of inventions and structures, such as the locomotive, steam engine, iron bridges and railways stations, the Crystal Palace, and the Victorian computer