History of Technology Volume 20.

History of Technology Volume 20.

"The technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. Volumes contain technical articles ranging widely in subject, time and region, as well as general papers on the history of technology....

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Main Author: Hollister-Short, Graham
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 1999.
Series:History of Technology.
Subjects:
Technology > History.
Technology > Social aspects.
Technology
Technology > Social aspects
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Editorial; The Contributors; Notes for Contributors; The PAL-SECAM Colour Television Controversy; INTRODUCTION; THE NTSC SYSTEM; THE SECAM SYSTEM; THE PAL SYSTEM; THE PROBLEM OF REACHING A TECHNOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE RIVAL COLOUR TELEVISION SYSTEMS; THE PAL SECAM CONTROVERSY AS A POLITICAL CASE STUDY; Notes and References; Inventing the Miracle Battery: Thomas Edison and the Electric Vehicle; INTRODUCTION; THE PLUTO EFFECT; THE INVENTION OF THE ALKALINE VEHICLE BATTERY; THE MIRACLE BATTERY; THE EDISON BATTERY AS A MACHINE.
  • EDISON'S BATTERY AND THE AUTOMOBILE MARKETNotes and References; Two Knights in Pandemonium: A Worm's-eye View of Boulton, Watt & Co., c. 1800-1820; FAMILY BACKGROUND; SOCIAL LIFE; SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS; THE ROLE OF ENGINEERING REPRESENTATIVE; ENGINEERING DRAWING; ENGINE DESIGN AND IMPROVEMENT; MARINE ENGINES; GASLIGHTING; SOHO FOUNDRY; CONCLUSION; Notes and References; The Mechanization of Carving: The Development of the Carving Machine, Especially in Relation to the Manufacture of Furniture and the Working of Wood; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; EARLY HISTORY; FIRST PHASE; THE ROLE OF THOMAS JORDAN.
  • PROGRESS IN PATENT CARVINGSECOND PHASE; ATTITUDES TO CARVING MACHINES AND TECHNOLOGY; Notes and References; Protection and Promotion: Privileges for Inventions and Books of Machines in the Early Modern Period; INTRODUCTION; MILLS AND WATER-LIFTING DEVICES AS OBJECTS OF EARLY MODERN PRIVILEGES FOR INVENTIONS; THE PROCESS OF GRANTING PRIVILEGES FOR INVENTIONS; THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PRIVILEGES FOR INVENTIONS UP TO THE END OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY; 'MACHINES' AS THE COMMON OBJECT OF PRIVILEGES FOR INVENTIONS AND PRINTED BOOKS OF MACHINES.
  • THE RISK OF PUBLISHING CONTEMPORARY MACHINE TECHNOLOGY IN PRINTRECIPIENTS OF PRIVILEGES FOR INVENTIONS AS AUTHORS OF BOOKS OF MACHINES; PRIVILEGES FOR INVENTIONS AND BOOKS OF MACHINES: INSTITUTIONS LOOKING AHEAD TO THE FUTURE; Notes and References; The Archer's Paradox and Modelling: A Review; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; PHYSICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TWO ANCIENT ARROWS; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS; Notes and References; A New Way of Raising Water by Fire: Denis Papin's Treatise of 1707 and its Reception by Contemporaries; ABSTRACT; TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE; TRANSLATION; PREFACE; CHAPTER I.

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