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Cort MacLean Johns, Ph.D.-HSG Author: "The Lost Industrial Revolution" Critical Reviews The author has been extremely diligent in his pursuit of the research that establishes the veracity of his theories. This work comprehensively links earlier findings with the widely covered aspect of more recent history. Professor Johns has achieved his objective. Judith Heseltine Retired Academic Richmond, England 21 November 2018

Professor Johns’ idea seems very enlightening that the organ could operate by steam. One can reach this conclusion according to the available illustrations, which document the massive substructural foundation (for firing a steam boiler).

The pipes and its special lip formation also lead one to the conclusion that there must have been greater pressure on hand than originally assumed because the organ “could be heard from a few thousand feet away” according to Vossius.

To prove and document that something like this, in a practical manner, is interesting and important, one can substantiate an unknown phenomenon that has been neglected for centuries and corrects the history from the beginning of the organ and organ playing. Siegfried Jud Mels, Switzerland September 25, 1991

Having read the text of this manuscript, I cannot find a reason as to why the development of steam-powered equipment could not have happened in the manner portrayed. In further pondering of history, it seems to me that modern historians want to give credit to that which is “modern” and not give proper credit to persons working from the shoulders of others who came before them. Professor Johns has done an excellent job in his logical development of history. Rial E. Hamann Macomb Township, Michigan April 6, 2017