AGE OF MACHINERY : engineering the industrial revolution, 1770-1850.
An engagingly written account of textile engineering in its key northern centres, rich with historical narrative and analysis.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
[Place of publication not identified]
BOYDELL Press,
2018.
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Colección: | People, markets, goods ;
volume 12. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontcover
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Note on Conventions
- Introduction
- 1. The Coming of Machinery
- 2. The Age of Machinery
- 3. Shaping an Industry
- 4. The Machine-Makers
- 5. Ingenious Mechanics
- 6. The Social Life of the Engineer
- 7. Innovating
- 8. Reaching Maturity
- Appendix 1: Keighley Textile Engineers
- Appendix 2: Leeds Engineering Businesses Established Before 1830
- Appendix 3: Estimates of Textile Machinery at Work in the United Kingdom, 1835-56
- Bibliography
- Index.