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The technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. Volumes contain technical articles ranging widely in subject, time and region, as well as general papers on the history of technology. In addition to dealing with the history of technical discovery and change, History of Technology also explores the relations of technology to other aspects of life -- social, cultural and economic -- and shows how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred.
Table of Contents
Editorial: Into Double Figures
Dr E. O. W. Whitehouse and the 1858 trans-Atlantic Cable, D. de Cogan
Isaac Newton's Steamer, A. Rupert Hall
Gunpowder and Mining in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Europe, G. J. Hollister-Short
Evidence of American Influence on the Designs if Nineteenth-Century Drilling Tools, Obtained from British Patent Specifications and Other Sources, C. J. Jackson
Beau de Rochas Devant la Technique et l'Industrie de son Temps, Jacques Payen
Archaeological Evidence for Early Water-Mills--an Interim Report, Örjan Wikander
John Farey and the Smeaton Manuscripts, A. P. Woolrich
Bridges: a Bibliography of Articles Published in Scientific Periodicals 1800-1829, Mike Chrimes
The Contributors
Contents of Former Volumes
Product details
| Published | Sep 30 2016 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 272 |
| ISBN | 9781350018426 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Series | History of Technology |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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