David has published his new novel - The Age of Steam.
The book is available through Equilibrium Books at http://www.equilibriumbooks.com/steam.htm
The book is a work of historical fiction about the life and times of George Stevenson from the underground coal mining industry of Northern England at the end of the 18th Century through to the development of railways with the Stockton to Darlington Railway and the Liverpool to Manchester Railway.
The book describes the operation of steam pumping engines and the development of locomotive power, as well as showing Stephenson's education and the development of an inquisitive brain, from the workings of clocks, experiments in perpetual motion, and the development of the first mine safety lamp, as well as patents for steel rails and the development of steam locomotives.