History of Technology Volume 2

A. Rupert Hall, Norman Smith (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2016
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-01736-8 (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 He wrote widely on the history of science and edited and translated numerous unpublished works by scientists including Isaac Newton.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

Samuel Brown: Britain's Pioneer Suspension Bridge Builder, Emory L. Kemp

The Banu Musà and their 'Book of Ingenious Devices', Donald R. Hill

A Note on Roman Metal Turning, J. F. Cave

Old Dams in Extremadura, J. A. Garcia-Diego

The Vocabulary of Technology, G. Hollister-Short

Museums, History and Working Machines, Richard Hills

The Use of Models in Nineteenth Century British Suspension Bridge Design, Denis Smith

The Origins of the Water Turbine and the Invention of its Name, Norman A. F. Smith

The Contributors

Erscheinungsdatum	05.10.2016
Reihe/Serie	History of Technology
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	562 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-350-01736-1 / 1350017361
ISBN-13	978-1-350-01736-8 / 9781350017368
Zustand	Neuware