Download or read book Science and Technology in the Industrial Revolution written by Albert Edward Musson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1989 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concentrating on the Industrial Revolution as experienced in Great Britain (and, within that sphere, mainly on the early development of the engineering and chemical industries), the authors develop the thesis that the interaction between theorists and men of practical affairs was much closer, more complex and more consequential than some historians of science have held it to be. Deeply researched, gracefully argued and fully documented. First published in 1969, and established now as a "classic" in the field, the present edition has a new foreword by Margaret C. Jacob. (NW) Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book J C Fischer and his Diary of Industrial England written by W.O. Henderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was first published in 1966. It was surprising that so small and so remote a country as Switzerland should have played such an important part in the industrial revolution on the Continent in the nineteenth century. A lack of natural resources and basic raw materials and population of 1,687,000 in 1817, faraway trade ports, and until 1848 no real central government with the administrative structure to support expansion of manufacturers. However, the people were hardworking, thrifty and high standards of workmanship; and had good relations with France and Germany, which saw the watchmakers, silkweavers and chocolate crafters start to thrive. Johann Conrad Fischer was typical of the entrepreneurs who laid the foundations of Switzerland's prosperity with his steelworks.
Download or read book A Short History of the Steam Engine written by H. W . Dickinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-01-27 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1938, this volume details the steam engine as the most dynamic factor in the Industrial Revolution, freeing humanity from their age-long dependence upon the power of water, wind, and animals, or of their own muscles. Itself the offspring of coal and iron, it made possible the sinking of deeper mines and the casting and forging of greater quantities of iron, from which machines were constructed to be powered by steam in the factories of the rapidly growing industrial areas. Soon the mass-produced goods from these mills were transported by steam locomotives and steamships all over the world. This was the Age of Steam. Even today, steam turbines still drive the dynamos of our electric power stations, whether fuelled by coal, oil or nuclear energy. Much has been written about the steam engine, but this book, first produced by the late Dr. H.W. Dickinson just before the second World War, is still the best short account. It describes developments from the pioneering efforts of Savery and Newcomen, through the achievements of Watt and Trevethick, down to Parsons and modern times.
Download or read book A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland 1500 1830 written by A. W. Skempton and published by Thomas Telford. This book was released on 2002 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biographical reference work looks specifically at the lives, works and careers of those individuals involved in civil engineering whose careers began before 1830.
Download or read book Transactions Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology written by Newcomen Society (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Engineering Eponyms written by Charles Peter Auger and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology written by Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Artisan written by and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Artisan written by and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scientific Culture and Urbanisation in Industrialising Britain written by Ian Inkster and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-10-28 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ian Inkster’s intent in these studies is to move beyond the high culture and expertise of science towards the construction of the culture of urban communities. The work draws on a mass of detailed research and focuses on Britain's social and cultural advantages over other industrialising nations in the years prior to the Great Exhibition of 1851, an advantage which was not created by any single decision, nor by any explicit investment effect. Out of urban culture emerged a public sphere and an information system within which class divisions were abrogated; at the same time the relations between information and technique became complex and decidedly non-linear. So was created a social asset drawn upon by business interests, technicians, tinkerers and inventors throughout the period, and for some considerable time beyond it. Industrial Britain was made from diverse materials, amongst which were those fabricated in the course of cultural dissent and social ambition.
Download or read book Mechanical World and Engineering Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Artizan written by and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
