History of Technology Volume 17.

"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
Other Authors: James, Frank
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016.
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505 0 |a Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Editorial; In Memory of Dr Joseph Needham (1901-1995); The Contributors; Notes for Contributors; Heron of Alexandria's On Automaton-Making; Abstract; Introduction; On Automaton-Making; Notes and References; Acknowledgements; Archimedes the Engineer; Introduction; Launching The Great Ship; Moving The Earth; The Planetarium Or Sphere; Archimedean Screw; Archimedes And The Arts Of War; Archimedes' Attitude To Engineering; Commentary; Notes and References; Moriscos and Marranos as Agents of Technological Diffusion; I; II; III; IV; V. 
505 8 |a Notes and ReferencesVariations on Mass Production: The Case of Furniture Manufacture in the United States to 1940; Notes and References; Space, Time and Innovation Characteristics: The Contribution of Diffusion Process Theory to the History of Technology; Introduction; Social Process Theory; Social Science Theory And The History Of Technology; The Innovation And Diffusion Process; Notes and References; The German Miners at Keswick and the Question of Bismuth; Abstract; Introduction; Early References To Bismuth; Local Occurrence Of Bismuth; Smelting Of The Copper Ores. 
505 8 |a A Miner Called FechtenbachEarly Uses Of Bismuth; Notes and References; Jean Errard (1554-1610) and His Book of Machines: Le Premier Livre des instruments mathematiques mechaniques of 1584; Abstract; Notes and References; From the Imperial-Royal Collection of Manufactured Products to the Museum of Technology and Industry in Vienna; Abstract; Introduction; The Beginnings Of The Collections; Other Forerunners Of The Museum Of Technology And Industry; The Idea Of A Technisches Museum Fur Industrie Und Gewerbe And Its Final Realization; The Equipment Of The Museum. 
505 8 |a Public Activities And Numbers Of VisitorsThe Research Institute For The History Of Technology; Archives, Library And Inventory Of Collections; Notes and References; Cranks and Scholars; Notes and References; Contents of Former Volumes. 
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