History of Technology Volume 23.

"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 relationship of technology to other aspects of life--social...

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Main Author: Inkster, Ian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, UNKNOWN : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.
Series:History of Technology
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505 0 |a Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Editorial; The Contributors; Notes for Contributors; Standards, Trust and Civil Discourse: Measuring the Thickness and Quality of Silk Thread; Notes and References; Technological Transfers between Politics, Markets and Culture: Framework Knitting versus Hand-knitting in the Southern Netherlands (Seventeenth to Eighteenth Centuries); Introduction; The Hosiery Trade In The Southern Netherlands From The Middle Ages To The End Of The Seventeenth Century; The Introduction And Diffusion Of The Hosiery Frame In The Southern Netherlands 
505 8 |a Hand-Knitting And Framework Knitting: The Relations Between Men And WomenThe Economic And Social Organization Of The Hosiery Industry; Explanations; Implications; Conclusion; Notes and References; A Philosophical Business: Edward Nairne and the Patent Medical Electrical Machine (1782); The Philosophical Avocations Of An Instrument Maker; Electricity Under The Great Seal; Advertising The Machine; Conclusion; Notes and References; Innovation or Emulation? Silverware and Its Imitations in Britain 1750-1800. The Consumers' Point of View; Introduction; Imitative Metalwares: A Brief Survey 
505 8 |a Consumer Attitudes To Precious Metal SubstitutesConclusion; Notes and References; Technology and the Labour Process: A Comparison of British Railway Companies' Approaches to Locomotive Construction before 1914; Introduction; Explaining The British Railway Company Workshops' Technology Policies -- Recent Theories And Approaches; Methodological Approaches; Britain's railway company workshops, 1840-1914. Britain's locomotive engineering industry, origins and form; Reviewing The Production Process In Britain's Railway Company Workshops, 1830s-1914; Conclusion; Notes and References 
505 8 |a The Kumaon Iron Works -- A Colonial Technology ProjectThe History Of Iron Making In Kumaon; Raw Material Supply And Technical Efficiency; The Men Who Did The Work And The Price Of Knowledge; Markets And The Cost Of Production; Conflicts And Contradictions; Conclusion; Notes and References; Learning by the Book: The Problem of Writing Instruction in Manual Skills; Introduction; Training Methods; The Encyclopaedic Tradition; The Technical Manual; The 'Catechism'; The Artist-Craftsman's Manual; 'Do-It-Yourself' Manuals; Patchwork; Bookbinding; Model Yachts 
505 8 |a Reasons Why 'Diy' Texts Can Fail: Peripheral ProblemsHow Do We Learn?; Conclusion; Notes and References; Civilized Adventure as a Remedy for Nervous Times: Early Automobilism and Fin-de-siècle Culture; Euphoria And Concern About Technical Progress: The Bicycle Andfin-De-Siècle Culture; Racing, Touring And Dirty Hands: Automobile Sport As Mental Hygienism; In The Shadow Of The Petrol Adventure: The Subculture Of The Electric Car; Car Rental And Automobile Culture: The Electric Passenger Car In The City; From Adventure Machine To Utility Vehicle: The Taming Of The Petrol Car 
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