History of Technology Volume 5

A. Rupert Hall, Norman Smith (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

2016
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-01762-7 (ISBN)

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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.

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 He wrote widely on the history of science and edited and translated numerous unpublished works by scientists including Isaac Newton.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.

Preface

The Order of the Technological World, Thomas P. Hughes

Bronze Roman Piston Pumps, Thorkild Schiøler

Measurement in Galileo's Science, Stillman Drake

John Ridley and the South Australian 'Stripper', L. J. Jones

Emile Lamm's Self-Propelled Tramcars 1870-72 and the Evolution of the Fireless Locomotive, D. G. Tucker

British Industry in 1767: Extracts from a Travel Journal of Joseph Banks, S. R. Broadbridge

Water, Stampers and Paper in the Auvergne: A Medieval Tradition, Richard L. Hills

The Contributors

Contents of Former Volumes

Erscheinungsdatum	05.10.2016
Reihe/Serie	History of Technology
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	417 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-350-01762-0 / 1350017620
ISBN-13	978-1-350-01762-7 / 9781350017627
Zustand	Neuware