Industry and Innovation

The Technological Revolution in the Lea Valley

Jim Lewis (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

112 Seiten

2010
Libri Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-907471-02-5 (ISBN)

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Looks at the wealth of inventions that sprang from the Lea Valley and the growth of many major businesses in the region. Among the many colourful stories and characters are Charles Babbage, the Victorian ‘inventor of the computer’, the world-famous Gestetner copying machines, and the opening of the first Thermos manufacturing facility.

This investigation looks at the wealth of inventions that sprang from the Lea Valley and the growth of many major businesses in the region. Among the many colorful stories and characters are Charles Babbage, the Victorian “inventor of the computer,” the electric light bulbs produced at the Ediswan factory, the world-famous Gestetner copying machines, and the opening of the first Thermos manufacturing facility that opened in Tottenham in 1908.

Jim Lewis is a consultant to Terry Farrell & Partners on the historical development of London’s Lea Valley and a tutor at the Workers’ Educational Association teaching industrial history. He is the author of London’s Lea Valley: Britain’s Best Kept Secret and London’s Lea Valley: More Secrets Revealed.

Reihe/Serie	Lea Valley Series
Verlagsort	Faringdon
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 235 mm
Gewicht	367 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-907471-02-2 / 1907471022
ISBN-13	978-1-907471-02-5 / 9781907471025
Zustand	Neuware