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Download or read book Report on Steam Carriages written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Steam Carriages and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents in relation to the comparative merits of canals and railroads, submitted by Mr. Howard, of Maryland, p. [147-226] -- Documents in relation to the comparative merits of canals and railroads, p. [227]-323 -- Additional documents, p. 324-346.
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Download or read book Scientific Advice to the Nineteenth Century British State written by Roland Jackson and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2023-11-14 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In twenty-first-century Britain, scientific advice to government is highly organized, integrated across government departments, and led by a chief scientific adviser who reports directly to the prime minister. But at the end of the eighteenth century, when Roland Jackson’s account begins, things were very different. With this book, Jackson turns his attention to the men of science of the day—who derived their knowledge of the natural world from experience, observation, and experiment—focusing on the essential role they played in proffering scientific advice to the state, and the impact of that advice on public policy. At a time that witnessed huge scientific advances and vast industrial development, and as the British state sought to respond to societal, economic, and environmental challenges, practitioners of science, engineering, and medicine were drawn into close involvement with politicians. Jackson explores the contributions of these emerging experts, the motivations behind their involvement, the forces that shaped this new system of advice, and the legacy it left behind. His book provides the first detailed analysis of the provision of scientific, engineering, and medical advice to the nineteenth-century British government, parliament, the civil service, and the military.
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