History of Technology: Vol.19
Published on 1. February 1998
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-7201-2365-4 (ISBN)
Description
The technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them, form the concern of this annual collection of essays. It deals with the history of technical discovery and change and explores the relation of technology to other aspects of life.
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Series
Edition
Annotated edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: From Preschool to Kindergarten
Edition type
Annotated edition
Illustrations
48 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
449 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7201-2365-4 (9780720123654)
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01/1999
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Person
Graham Hollister-Short is an Honorary Lecturer in the History of Technology at Imperial College, London, and a member of the academic staff of the London Centre for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology, University of London.
Content
The early history of the windmill brake; Nuremberg as an epicentre of invention and innovation towards the end of the Middle Ages; friction according to Jacob Leupold; steam and sugar - the diffusion of the stationary steam engine to the Caribbean sugar industry, 1770-1840; uneven mirrors - towards a history of engines; John Farey, Jr (1791-1851) - engineer and polymath; a la recherche des ingenieurs disparus - hydrauliciens Neerlandais au XVIII siecle; book reviews; contents of former volumes.