Download or read book George Sorocold of Derby A pioneer of water supply Reprinted from the Derbyshire Arch ological and Natural History Society s Journal 1936 With plates and a map written by Frederick WILLIAMSON (F.R.Hist.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book George Sorocold of Derby written by F. Williamson and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Maze of Ingenuity second edition written by Arnold Pacey and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1992-01-23 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From cathedrals to star wars, Arnold Pacey looks at the interaction of technologies and society over the last thousand years and uses that survey to argue for a more humane form of future technological development. The second edition of The Maze of Ingenuity concentrates on Europe and North America and incorporates recent insights from the history and sociology of technology. A new series of chapters extends Pacey's discussion of the role of ideas and ideals in technology in the period since the industrial revolution. Contents The Cathedral Builders: European Technical Achievement between 1100 and 1280 • A Century of Invention: 1250-1350 • Mathematics and the Arts: 1450-1600 • The Practical Arts and the Scientific Revolution • Social Ideals in Technical Change: German Miners and English Puritans, 1450-1650 • The State and Technical Progress: 1660-1770 • Technology in the Industrial Revolution • Conflicting Ideals in Engineering: America and Britain, 1790-1870 • Institutionalizing Technical Ideals, 1820-1920 • Idealistic Trends in Twentieth-Century Technology
Download or read book Water Supply and Public Health Engineering written by Denis Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume traces the evolution of the concept of Public Health and reveals the importance of political will and public spending in this field of civil engineering. Design, construction, operation and maintenance of water-supply and main drainage works are discussed. The period covered extends from Roman engineering through to the early 20th century, with examples from Europe, America and Japan.
Download or read book Derby A History written by Jill Armitage and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the bustling riverside city of Derby, covering the secrets behind some of its key places of interest and the fascinating heritage lodged in this area’s industrial past.
Download or read book Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society written by Derbyshire Archaeological Society and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of members in each volume.
Download or read book Journal of the Derbyshire Arch ological and Natural History Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Derbyshire Extremes written by David Fearnehough and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining, informative and easily accessible record of over 600 extremes in Derbyshire.
Download or read book Water Technology in the Middle Ages written by Roberta J. Magnusson and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing attention on gravity-fed water-flow systems in medieval cities and monasteries, Water Technology in the Middle Ages: Cities, Monasteries, and Waterworks after the Roman Empire challenges the view that hydraulic engineering died with the Romans and remained moribund until the Renaissance. Roberta Magnusson explores the systems' technologies—how they worked, what uses the water served—and also the social rifts that created struggles over access to this basic necessity. Mindful of theoretical questions about what hastens technological change and how society and technology mutually influence one another, the author supplies a thoughtful and instructive study. Archeological, historical, and literary evidence vividly depicts those who designed, constructed, and used medieval water systems and demonstrates a shift from a public-administrative to a private-innovative framework—one that argues for the importance of local initiatives. "The following chapters attempt to chart a course between the Scylla and Charybdis of technological and social determinism. While writing them, I have tried to strike a balance between the technical and human aspects of medieval hydraulic systems, and to remember that beneath the welter of documents and diffusion patterns, configurations and components, ordinances and expenditures, lie the perceptions, the choices, and often the plain hard work of individual men and women." —from the Preface
Download or read book Elm written by R. H. Richens and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1983-10-20 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elm, one of the three principal landscape trees of England, differs from the others in its complex variability and its intricate relationship with human settlement. Originally published in 1983, the present book covers all its aspects: its history, its use and distribution by man from prehistoric times onwards, its vernacular names, the numerous organisms associated exclusively with it and its place in English literature and the visual arts. The book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the English landscape. It is of particular relevance to botanists, foresters, archaeologists, historical linguists, zoologists, students of English literature and the fine arts, and workers in the areas of conservation and town and country planning.
Download or read book Derby at Work written by Maxwell Craven and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pictorial history of the working life of Derby over the last century and more.
Download or read book The Derby Book of Days written by Sarah Seaton and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking you through the year day by day, The Derby Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, shocking, amusing and important events and facts from different periods in the history of the city. Ideal for dipping into, this addictive little book will keep you entertained and informed. Featuring hundreds of snippets of information gleaned from the vaults of Derby's archives and covering the social, criminal, political, religious, agricultural, industrial and sporting history of the region, it will delight residents and visitors alike.
Download or read book Derbyshire s Own written by Anton Rippon and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2006-04-11 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that Derbyshire can boast at least three Nobel Laureates and numerous Olympians? This book features more than 100 of the most interesting and influential people of Derbyshire from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century.
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Download or read book Port and Harbour Engineering written by Adrian Jarvis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 19th century, the engineering of ports and harbours became a large and specialised branch of the profession. This development began in ports in physically difficult locations and may be particularly identified with the growth of the Port of Liverpool. Stimulated by the arrival of ever-larger steamships and the heavy investment in port facilities that they demanded, it spread around much of the world. The opening papers give examples of what could be achieved in antiquity; the following ones set out the advances in design and technology from 1700 to the start of this century - and note some of the failures and recurrent problems. They also illustrate the critical importance of political and economic factors in determining what the engineers achieved.
Download or read book The Development of Transport in Modern England written by William T. Jackman and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1962-04 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `
Download or read book History of Technology Volume 4 written by A. Rupert Hall and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
