History of Technology Volume 6
Published on 30. September 2016
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-1-350-01800-6 (ISBN)
Description
The annual collections in the History of Technology series look at the history of technological discovery and change, exploring the relationship of technology to other aspects of life and showing how technological development is affected by the society in which it occurred.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
402 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-01800-6 (9781350018006)
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Persons
A. Rupert Hall (1920-2009) was Professor of the History of Science and Technology at Imperial College, London and a former director of the Wellcome Trust. He wrote widely on the history of science and edited and translated numerous unpublished works by scientists including Isaac Newton.
Norman A. F. Smith (1938-2009) was Reader in the History of Science and Technology at Imperial College, London. He is the author of several works including Man and Water: A History of Hydro-Technology and A History of Dams.
Norman A. F. Smith (1938-2009) was Reader in the History of Science and Technology at Imperial College, London. He is the author of several works including Man and Water: A History of Hydro-Technology and A History of Dams.
Content
Preface
Moving Ahead with the Fifteenth Century: New Ideas in Bridge Construction at Orleans, Marjorie Nice Boyer
Hand-Cranking in Egyptian Antiquity, Andre Wegener Sleeswyk
The Invention of Computed Tomography, Charles Suesskind
Early Locomotive Building near Manchester, Richard L. Hills
The Artefact as Historical Document. Part 1: The Fine Platinum Wires of W. H. Wollaston, L. L. Coatsworth, B. I. Kronberg and M. C. Usselman
What about the Fulling-Mill? A. Rupert Hall and N. C. Russell
Technik: Or Mumford Reconsidered, Michael Fores
The Contributors
Contents of former volumes
Moving Ahead with the Fifteenth Century: New Ideas in Bridge Construction at Orleans, Marjorie Nice Boyer
Hand-Cranking in Egyptian Antiquity, Andre Wegener Sleeswyk
The Invention of Computed Tomography, Charles Suesskind
Early Locomotive Building near Manchester, Richard L. Hills
The Artefact as Historical Document. Part 1: The Fine Platinum Wires of W. H. Wollaston, L. L. Coatsworth, B. I. Kronberg and M. C. Usselman
What about the Fulling-Mill? A. Rupert Hall and N. C. Russell
Technik: Or Mumford Reconsidered, Michael Fores
The Contributors
Contents of former volumes