03535nam 2200649 a 450 991078080290332120230725041843.01-383-04665-40-19-158041-41-282-34673-397866123467360-19-157441-4(CKB)2550000000000032(EBL)472142(OCoLC)518172610(SSID)ssj0000298120(PQKBManifestationID)11238789(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000298120(PQKBWorkID)10343102(PQKB)10204865(Au-PeEL)EBL472142(CaPaEBR)ebr10351331(CaONFJC)MIL234673(MiAaPQ)EBC472142(EXLCZ)99255000000000003220090910d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Hancocks of Marlborough[electronic resource] rubber, art and the industrial revolution : a family of inventive genius /John Loadman and Francis JamesOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20101 online resource (297 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-957355-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Family Tree; 1. Marlborough, Wiltshire-Roots; 2. The Hancocks Gather in London; 3. From Seawater to Steam; 4. Life, Death, and Bankruptcy; 5. The Family, the Law, and the End of a Dream; 6. Life's Ups and Downs; 7. A New Industry; 8. Gutta Percha Comes to Town; 9. The Great Hose Controversy; 10. The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations; 11. Back to the Courts; 12. A Life of Ease(?); 13. Death and Dispositions; 14. Marlborough Cottage and the Great Aunts; 15. The Hancock Legacy; 16. James Lyne Hancock & Co.Epilogue: Thoughts on a DynastyReferences and Source Documents; Notes; Appendix I: The 14 patents of Thomas Hancock 'for the treatment and application of INDIA RUBBER'; Appendix II: Mechanical applications of vulcanized India rubber as described by Thomas Hancock; Appendix III: The evolution of the rubber industry of today; Bibliography; IndexThis book began with the aim of telling the almost forgotten story of Thomas Hancock, the rubber developer who in his own day was acknowledged as one of the great scientific pioneers of the Industrial Revolution. But as research progressed, it was clear that Thomas and his five brothers, the Hancocks of Marlborough, together constituted a unique family which made a tremendous yet virtually unknown contribution to nineteenth-century science and art. Walter designed and ranthe first steam carriages to carry passengers on the common roads of England and so began the age of mechanized transport. TInventorsEnglandMarlboroughBiographyRubber industry and tradeGreat BritainHistoryIndustrial revolutionGreat BritainHistoryInventorsRubber industry and tradeHistory.Industrial revolutionHistory.609.2/242BLoadman John1483207James Francis886801MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780802903321The Hancocks of Marlborough3701210UNINA