James Watt : making the world anew /

"Among the many treasures in the collections of the Science Museum in London is the complete workshop of the Scottish engineer James Watt (1736-1819), acquired in its entirety from the attic of Watt's Birmingham home in 1924, where it had been left as an industrial shrine since his death i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Russell, Ben (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Reaktion Books, 2014.
Temas:
Watt, James, > 1736-1819.
Watt, James, > 1736-1819
Steam engineers > Scotland > Biography.
Mécaniciens de machines fixes > Écosse > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mechanical.
Steam engineers
Scotland
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Do we want the dust?
  • Sensible, ingenious and enterprising men, 1736-56
  • Artists of high reputation, 1757-64
  • Looking for a living, 1764-74
  • Gentlemen of merit and ingenuity, 1765-81
  • Steam mill mad? 1781-95
  • Inventive, creative genius, 1795-1819
  • Life after death, 1800-1924
  • James Watt: A chronology.

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