PART 1: 1774-1800 -- Chapter 1. The Extent of Steam Power Diffusion in Britain, 1774-1800: A Revision -- Chapter 2. Engineering Skills and the Efficiency of Steam Engines During Watt’s Patent -- Chapter 3. The Annual Cost of Watt vs. Newcomen Engines During the Duration of Watt’s Patent and...

A Comparative History of Commerce and Industry, Volume I offers a subjective review of how the cultural, social and economic institutions of commerce and industry evolved in industrialized nations to produce the institution we now know as business enterprise