Nuvolari, Alessandro; Verspagen, Bart; Von Tunzelmann, G. N. - In: Cliometrica : journal of historical economics and … 5 (2011) 3, pp. 291-321
We examine the diffusion of steam technology across British counties during the eighteenth century. First, we provide … new estimates for the regional variations in the timing, pace and extent of usage of steam engines. Our main data source … is an updated version of the list of steam engines erected in Britain during the eighteenth century originally compiled …