The Development of Science and Technology in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Contents: Science, Technology and Education: The development of scientific research in modern universities: a comparative study of motives and opportunities; Reflections on some problems in the history of science; The academic study of the history of technology; Science, technology and industry; The two-way mirror; Power Technologies, Thermodynamics and Electricity: Power technologies and the advance of science, 1700-1825; Power and textiles in the Industrial Revolution; Thermodynamics and practical engineering in the 19th century; Science and technology: the work of James Prescott Joule; Science and the steam engine in the early 19th century reconsidered; Industry, thermodynamics and society in the 19th century; Steam engine theory in the 19th century: from duty to thermal efficiency; from Parkes to Sankey; On Michael Faraday, Henry Wilde and the dynamo; The Importance of Manchester: Science and the European tragedies; The patronage of science in 19th century Manchester; Two centuries of the Manchester Lit. & Phil.; They made Manchester; Thoughts on voluntary scientific societies from the time of de Magalhaes to the present day; Index.