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Titolo |
History of technology . Volume fourteen, 1992 / / edited by Graham Hollister-Short and Frank A.J.L. James |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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[London] : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 1992 |
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ISBN |
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1-350-01863-5 |
1-350-01862-7 |
1-350-01861-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (194 p.) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Editorial -- The Contributors -- Notes for Contributors -- Aero-engine Production in the Third Reich / Hans-Joachim Braun -- Chaleur et Chauffage: L'introduction du Confort à Paris sous la Restauration (English summary by GH-S) / André Guillerme -- The Birth and Demise of a Medieval Windmill / John Langdon -- The South-pointing Chariot in Rome: Gearing in China and the West / Michael J. T. Lewis -- The Development and Use of the Tubular Beam, 1830-1860 / Stanley Smith -- Some Designs of Jerónimo de Ayanz (c. 1550-1613) relating to Mining, Metallurgy and Steam Pumps / Nicolás García Tapia -- Peenemünde and Los Alamos: Two Studies / Donald E. Tarter -- Reflections on Two Conferences: ICOHTEC XIX and MASTECH / Graham Hollister-Short -- Announcement: The Georgius Agricola Commemorations, 1994 -- Contents of Former Volumes. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"The technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. Volumes contain technical articles ranging widely in subject, time and region, as well as general papers on the history of technology. In addition to dealing with the history of technical discovery and change, History of Technology also explores the relations of technology to other aspects of life-social, cultural and economic-and shows how technological development has shaped, and been |
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