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UNINA9910790024603321 |
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Tomory Leslie <1974-> |
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Progressive enlightenment : the origins of the gaslight industry, 1780-1820 / / Leslie Tomory |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2012 |
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0-262-30045-1 |
1-280-49921-4 |
9786613594440 |
0-262-30124-5 |
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1 online resource (361 p.) |
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Transformations : studies in the history of science and technology |
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Gas-lighting - Great Britain - History |
Gas light fixtures industry - Great Britain - History |
Distillation - Research - Europe - History |
Industrial revolution - Europe |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. The Roots of Gas Lighting; Chapter 1. Gas Lighting and Pneumatic Chemistry; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 A Gas Plant of the Early Nineteenth Century; 1.3 Pneumatic Chemistry, 1650-1790; 1.4 Apparatus and Techniques of Pneumatic Chemistry, 1700-1790; 1.5 Lighting with Gas; 1.6 Conclusion; Chapter 2. Industrial Distillation; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Industrial Distillation; 2.3 Philippe Lebon and the Thermolamp; 2.4 Zachaeus Winzler and the Thermolamp in Germany; 2.5 Technological Bifurcation; 2.6 Conclusion; Part II. A Question of Scale |
Chapter 3. Boulton & Watt3.1 Introduction; 3.2 From Invention to the First Pilot Plant; 3.3 Finding a New Market in 1806; 3.4 Design Work; 3.5 The End of Gas Lighting at Boulton & Watt; 3.6 Conclusion; Part III. Building a Network; Chapter 4. Frederick Winsor and the National Light and Heat Company; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Winsor and the Thermolamp, 1802-1804; 4.3 The Campaign of 1806-07 and the First General Meeting of 1807; 4.4 Boulton & Watt and the Royal Society, 1808; 4.5 The Parliamentary Battle of 1809; 4.6 Despair, Recovery, and Final |
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Success, 1809-1812; 4.7 Conclusion |
Chapter 5. The Gas Light and Coke Company5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The New Company; 5.3 Building a Network, 1814-1820; 5.4 Outside the Company: Users and Fitters; 5.5 Conclusion; Conclusion; A New Phase of the Industrial Revolution; Questions about the Industrial Revolution; Business and Entrepreneurship; Builders, Mediators, and Users; Technological Networks; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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An argument that the gas industry was the first integrated large-scale technological network and that it signaled a new wave of industrial innovation.In Progressive Enlightenment, Leslie Tomory examines the origins of the gaslight industry, from invention to consolidation as a large integrated urban network. Tomory argues that gas was the first integrated large-scale technological network, a designation usually given to the railways. He shows how the first gas network was constructed and stabilized through the introduction of new management structures, the use of technical controls, and the application of means to constrain the behavior of the users of gas lighting.Tomory begins by describing the contributions of pneumatic chemistry and industrial distillation to the development of gas lighting, then explores the bifurcation between the Continental and British traditions in distillation technology. He examines the establishment and consolidation of the new industry by the Birmingham firm Boulton & Watt, and describes the deployment of the network strategy by the entrepreneur Frederick Winsor. Tomory argues that the gas industry represented a new wave of technological innovation in industry because of its dependence on formal scientific research, its need for large amounts of capital, and its reliance on business organization beyond small firms and partnerships--all of which signaled a departure from the artisanal nature and limited deployment of inventions earlier in the Industrial Revolution. Gas lighting was the first important realization of the Enlightenment dream of science in the service of industry. |
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UNINA9910844586803321 |
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Autore |
Silvis, Piernicola |
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Capire la mafia : quali sono e come funzionano le grandi organizzazioni mafiose / Piernicola Silvis ; prefazione di Tano Grasso |
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Roma, : LUISS University Press, 2022 |
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978-88-6105-823-1 |
978-88-6105-840-8 |
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Contiene bibl. (pp. 193-194) |
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UNINA9910686473303321 |
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Autore |
Steinert Steffen |
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Interdisciplinary Value Theory / / by Steffen Steinert |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 |
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[1st ed. 2023.] |
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1 online resource (IX, 112 p.) |
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Philosophy of mind |
Ethics |
Normativity (Ethics) |
Philosophy and social sciences |
Moral Psychology |
Normative Ethics |
Philosophy of the Social Sciences |
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1. Introduction – The many faces of value -- 2. Psychology and value -- 3. Sociology and value -- 4. Anthropology and value -- 5. Philosophy and value -- 6. A bridge between disciplines. |
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This book offers an interdisciplinary introduction to value theory. It reviews how researchers in four academic disciplines – psychology, sociology, anthropology, and philosophy – understand value and value change. It offers an introduction for researchers in these disciplines about how other disciplines define, theorize, and investigate value(s) to foster interdisciplinary communication. The book identifies and summarizes similarities and differences of value theory between the academic disciplines and highlights promising areas where each discipline can learn from the others. Steffen Steinert is Assistant Professor in the Ethics and Philosophy section at Delft University of Technology. In his research, he focuses on fundamental theoretical |
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issues of ethics and philosophy of technology - particularly the relation between values and technology, and the link between emotions and technology. Steffen’s work is published in top-tier peer-reviewed journals and he teaches philosophy and ethics to diverse audiences. |
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