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History of Technology Volume 18.
"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....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, UNKNOWN :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2016.
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| Colección: | History of Technology
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Editorial Note; The Contributors; Notes for Contributors; Theory and Responsibility in Science and Technology; Notes; On the Lift Pump; Introduction; Mechanical Principles; Action Of Pumps; History In Outline; Taccola's Pumps; Comparison And Conclusion; Appendix; Notes and References; Acknowledgements; Discoveries, Inventions and Industrial Revolutions: On the Varying Contributions of Technologies and Institutions from an International Historical Perspective; Introduction; Interpretations; James Watt And All That; Catching Up And Taking Over
- ConclusionsNotes and References; James Watt, Mechanical Engineer; Notes and References; Technological Advance in the Manufacture of Chemicals: The Case of Cyanide, 1888-1930; Introduction; The Early Years; The Early British-German Connection; The First Extension Of Cyanide Technology; Increasing Competition And The Price War Of 1896-7; Further Development In Cyanide Manufacturing Technology; State Of The Cyanide Industry, 1904-14; World War I And Its Aftermath; Concluding Remarks; Notes and References; Putting the Wind up the Pilot: Cloud Flying with Early Aircraft Instruments
- Problems Of Vibration And AccelerationEarly Aircraft Compasses; Wartime Compasses Development By Keith Lucas At Farnborough; Darwin's Static Turn Indicator; Pendulums, French Tops And Gyroscopic Turn Indicators; Summary; Notes and References; 'Seeing' Is Believing: The Development of Microwave Radar in Britain, Summer 1940; Introduction; The Klystron Experiments; The Magnetron Arrives: The Initial Success On 10 Cm; Conclusions: What Was Achieved; Notes and References; Diffusion of Brewing Technology since 1900: Change and the Consumer; Brewing Technology And History
- Brewing: Traditional Or Progressive?Theories Of Innovation And Technological Chang; Science, New Beers And The Consumer; Notes and References; Contents of Former Volumes