History of Technology Volume 6

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:	9781350018013
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	09/30/2016
Series:	History of Technology
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	2 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 He wrote widely on the history of science and edited and translated numerous unpublished works by scientists including Isaac Newton.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

Moving Ahead with the Fifteenth Century: New Ideas in Bridge Construction at Orleans, Marjorie Nice Boyer

Hand-Cranking in Egyptian Antiquity, André Wegener Sleeswyk

The Invention of Computed Tomography, Charles Süsskind

Early Locomotive Building near Manchester, Richard L. Hills

The Artefact as Historical Document. Part 1: The Fine Platinum Wires of W. H. Wollaston, L. L. Coatsworth, B. I. Kronberg and M. C. Usselman

What about the Fulling-Mill? A. Rupert Hall and N. C. Russell

Technik: Or Mumford Reconsidered, Michael Fores

The Contributors

Contents of former volumes