The Cylinder : Kinematics of the Nineteenth Century

The Cylinder investigates the surprising proliferation of cylindrical objects in the nineteenth century, such as steam engines, phonographs, panoramas, rotary printing presses, silos, safety locks, and many more. Examining this phenomenon through the lens of kinematics, the science of forcing motion...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Müller-Sievers, Helmut
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Science in popular culture.
Mechanics in literature.
Machinery in literature.
Literature, Modern > Themes, motives.
Cylinders.
Kinematics
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
kinematics.
cylinders (solids)
Cinematique.
Cylindres.
Sciences dans la culture populaire.
Mecanique dans la litterature.
Machines dans la litterature.
Litterature > 19e siecle > Themes, motifs.
Kinematics.
Literature, Modern > 19th century > Themes, motives.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The Cylinder investigates the surprising proliferation of cylindrical objects in the nineteenth century, such as steam engines, phonographs, panoramas, rotary printing presses, silos, safety locks, and many more. Examining this phenomenon through the lens of kinematics, the science of forcing motion, Helmut Müller-Sievers provides a new view of the history of mechanics and of the culture of the industrial revolution, including its literature, that focuses on the metaphysics and aesthetics of motion. Müller-Sievers explores how nineteenth-century prose falls in with the specific rhythm of cylin.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9780520952157

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