History of Technology Volume 3

by A. Rupert Hall (Editor), Norman Smith (Editor)

Overview

The annual collections in the History of Technology series look at the history of technological discovery and change, exploring the relationship of technology to other aspects of life and showing how technological development is affected by the society in which it occurred.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350017412
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	09/30/2016
Series:	History of Technology
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

A. Rupert Hall (1920-2009) was Professor of the History of Science and Technology at Imperial College, London and a former director of the Wellcome Trust. He wrote widely on the history of science and edited and translated numerous unpublished works by scientists including Isaac Newton.

Norman A. F. Smith (1938-2009) was Reader in the History of Science and Technology at Imperial College, London. He is the author of several works including Man and Water: A History of Hydro-Technology and A History of Dams.

Table of Contents

Preface

Technology in History, Jack Simmons

History of Technology in the Teaching of History, R. A. Buchanan

The Role of History in a Civil Engineering Course, P. B. Morice

Sir Proby Cautley (1802-1871), a Pioneer of Indian Irrigation, Joyce Brown

On Knowing, and Knowing how to ..., A. Rupert Hall

Vitruvius and the Elevated Aqueducts, Frank D. Prager

Two Problems in Fuel Technology, James A. Ruffner

The Historical Development of Theories of Wave-Calming using Oil, John C. Scott

The Contributors