Two prime movers of globalization : the history and impact of diesel engines and gas turbines /

""In Prime Movers, Smil's passion for the Cinderellas of civilization focuses on the diesel engines and gas turbines that power ocean vessels and wide-body jets. These engines have made ocean shipping and intercontinental air travel so cheap that they have changed the face of our plan...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smil, Vaclav (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Diesel motor > History.
Gas-turbines > History.
Technology and civilization.
Transportation > Technological innovations > History.
Motor vehicles > Motors > History.
Globalization > History.
Moteurs diesel > Histoire.
Turbines à gaz > Histoire.
Technologie et civilisation.
Véhicules automobiles > Moteurs > Histoire.
Mondialisation > Histoire.
Transport > Innovations > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mechanical.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Inventions.
Diesel motor
Gas-turbines
Globalization
Motor vehicles > Motors
Technology and civilization
Transportation > Technological innovations
Dieselmotor
Gasturbine
Transport
Technik
Globalisierung
ENVIRONMENT/General
History
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