History of Technology Volume 4

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:	9781350017573
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/30/2016
Series:	History of Technology
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

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 He wrote widely on the history of science and edited and translated numerous unpublished works by scientists including Isaac Newton.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

Some Aspects of the History of Jourbanal Bearings and Their Lubrication, P. S. Bardell

The Waltham Pound Lock, K. R. Fairclough

Parkesine and Celluloid: The Failure and Success of the First Modern Plastic, Robert Friedel

Iron Arched Bridge Designs in Pre-Revolutionary France, J. G. James

The Early History of Mechanical Harvesting, L. J. Jones

The Sector and Chain: An Historical Enquiry, G. Hollister-Short

The Contributors