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Jet: The Engine that Changed the World
Jet: The Engine that Changed the World
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The jet engine was invented by Frank Whittle in 1929, revolutionizing travel and enabling cheap, exotic travel. However, it also had downsides, such as shrinking the world and changing life forever.
Format: Hardback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 05 October 2022
Publisher: Key Publishing Ltd
The jet engine's invention had a profound impact on the world, revolutionizing travel and opening up every corner of the planet. Few know that the jet engine was invented by an Englishman in 1929. The invention was a masterstroke of genius by 21-year-old Frank Whittle, replacing thousands of reciprocating parts with a single smoothly revolving turbine. Although the world's first jet airliner was the British de Havilland Comet, Britain then gave away the technology to the United States and the Soviet Union. The Jet Set, the air hostess, and the package holiday all followed. The dream of cheap, exotic travel had been realized.
However, like the internet, the jet engine's world-reaching power had downsides. Jet tells the story of this brilliant new technology, how it shrank the world, and how it changed life forever.
Weight: 632g
Dimension: 166 x 243 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781802822533
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