simplier to point you in the right direction.

watch the movies here - http://brassgoggles.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,13126.0.html considered to be Steampunk.

also if you read - always a good idea - you want books such as The Difference Engine, A Transatlantic Tunnel, HURRAH!

you'll get a better feel than us telling you.

 

oh. and whatever your told... putting on a pair of goggles with cogs glued to whatever your holding, is not steampunk.