History of Technology

Graham John Hollister- Short (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

1998 | Annotated edition
Mansell Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-7201-2365-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them, form the concern of this annual collection of essays. It deals with the history of technical discovery and change and explores the relation of technology to other aspects of life.

Autor

Graham Hollister-Short is an Honorary Lecturer in the History of Technology at Imperial College, London, and a member of the academic staff of the London Centre for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology, University of London.

Inhalt

The early history of the windmill brake; Nuremberg as an epicentre of invention and innovation towards the end of the Middle Ages; friction according to Jacob Leupold; steam and sugar - the diffusion of the stationary steam engine to the Caribbean sugar industry, 1770-1840; uneven mirrors - towards a history of engines; John Farey, Jr (1791-1851) - engineer and polymath; a la recherche des ingenieurs disparus - hydrauliciens Neerlandais au XVIII siecle; book reviews; contents of former volumes.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.2.1998
• Reihe/Serie: History of technology series ; 19
• Zusatzinfo: 48 b&w illustrations
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 153 x 234 mm
• Gewicht: 449 g
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
• ISBN-10: 0-7201-2365-8 / 0720123658
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7201-2365-4 / 9780720123654
• Zustand: Neuware