History of Technology Volume 15

Inbunden, Engelska, 1993

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Beskrivning

This annual collection of essays explores the technical problems faced by different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them. It examines the history of technical discovery and change, and explores the relation of technology to the social, cultural and economic aspects of life.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1993-09-01
Mått:156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt:552 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:History of technology series
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780720121605

Utforska kategorier

Teknik: allmänt inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Innehållsförteckning

Alexander Graham Bell, Elisha Gray and the speaking telegraph - a cognitive comparison, Michael E. Gorman, Matthew M. Mehalik, et al; on the origins of the suction lift pump, Graham Hollister-Short; technological aspirations and the motivation of natural philosophy in seventeenth century England, Alex Keller; count Theodore Batthyany's paddle-wheel ship, Walter Endrei; the kongsberg silver mines and the Norwegian mining museum, Bjorn Ivar Berg; does the development of mobility in traffic follow a pattern?, Hermann Knoflacher; the Greeks and the early windmill; Michael J.T. Lewis; faraday re-invented - moral imagery and institutional icons in victorian electrical engineering.