From Machine Shop to Industrial Laboratory
Telegraphy and the Changing Context of American Invention, 1830-1920
Published on 27. October 1992
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-0-8018-4379-2 (ISBN)
Description
"Israel synthesizes a decade of editorial work on the Edison papers with the Western Union papers at the Smithsonian Institution, patent records, and key court cases . . . The result is an elegant book on how machine shop culture fostered inventive activities."-British Journal for the History of Science.
Studies in the History of Technology, New Series.
Merritt Roe Smith, Series Editor.
Studies in the History of Technology, New Series.
Merritt Roe Smith, Series Editor.
Reviews / Votes
An elegant book on how machine shop culture fostered inventive activities.-British Journal for the History of Science
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore, MD
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
510 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8018-4379-2 (9780801843792)
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