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Creating the Twentieth Century
Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact
by Vaclav Smil ยท 2005
ISBN: 0199835527 9780199835522
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Page count: 350
The two pre-World War I generations encompassed the greatest innovative period in history. Technical inventions of 1867-1914 & their rapid improvement & commercialisation created new prime movers, materials, infrastructures & information means that provided the lasting foundations of the modern world.