History of Technology Volume 10

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 A History of Dams (P. Davies, 1971) and Man and Water: A History of Hydro-Technology (Scribner, 1975)

• PrefaceEditorial: Into Double FiguresDr E. O. W. Whitehouse and the 1858 trans-Atlantic Cable, D. de CoganIsaac Newton's Steamer, A. Rupert HallGunpowder and Mining in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Europe, G. J. Hollister-ShortEvidence of American Influence on the Designs if Nineteenth-Century Drilling Tools, Obtained from British Patent Specifications and Other Sources, C. J. JacksonBeau de Rochas Devant la Technique et l'Industrie de son Temps, Jacques PayenArchaeological Evidence for Early Water-Mills--an Interim Report, Örjan WikanderJohn Farey and the Smeaton Manuscripts, A. P. WoolrichBridges: a Bibliography of Articles Published in Scientific Periodicals 1800-1829, Mike ChrimesThe ContributorsContents of Former Volumes