Science and Technology in the Industrial RevolutionConcentrating on the Industrial Revolution as experienced in Great Britain (and, within that sphere, mainly on the early development of the engineering and chemical industries), the authors develop the thesis that the interaction between theorists and men of practical affairs was much closer, more complex and more consequential than some historians of science have held it to be. Deeply researched, gracefully argued and fully documented. First published in 1969, and established now as a "classic" in the field, the present edition has a new foreword by Margaret C. Jacob. (NW) Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
Scientific Prelude to the Industrial Revolution 10 | 10 |
The Diffusion of Technology in Great Britain during | 60 |
Science and Industry in the Late Eighteenth Century | 87 |
The Derby Philosophical Society | 190 |
Training Captains of Industry | 200 |
The International Exchange of Men and Machines | 216 |
Early Industrial Chemists | 231 |
The Introduction of Chlorine Bleaching | 251 |
Chemical Developments in Dyeing | 338 |
The Early Growth of Steam Power | 393 |
The Origins of Engineering in Lancashire | 427 |
An Early Engineering Firm | 459 |
The Growth of MassProduction Engineering | 473 |
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Science and Technology in the Industrial Revolution Albert Edward Musson,Eric Robinson Limited preview - 1969 |
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