Essay Review: Working out in the nineteenth century

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 38 (3):605-609 (2007)
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Ben Marsden & Crosbie Smith; Engineering empires: a cultural history of technology in nineteenth century Britain. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2005, pp.xi+351, Price £55.00 hardback, ISBN 0-333-77278-4

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