Iron, Steam & Money: The Making of the Industrial Revolution [Original retail ed.] 184595212X, 978-1845952129

In late eighteenth-century Britain a handful of men brought about the greatest transformation in human history. Inventor

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Iron, Steam & Money: The Making of the Industrial Revolution [Original retail ed.]
184595212X, 978-1845952129

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