LEADER 05799nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910461231703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-262-30045-1 010 $a1-280-49921-4 010 $a9786613594440 010 $a0-262-30124-5 024 8 $a9786613594440 024 8 $a40020695863 035 $a(CKB)2670000000151568 035 $a(EBL)3339392 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000681710 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11406176 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000681710 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10654912 035 $a(PQKB)10682776 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3339392 035 $a(OCoLC)778565980 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse24509 035 $a(OCoLC)778565980$z(OCoLC)785783158$z(OCoLC)795631962$z(OCoLC)961489735$z(OCoLC)962625822$z(OCoLC)966200939$z(OCoLC)969965430$z(OCoLC)988431238$z(OCoLC)988437511$z(OCoLC)991994192$z(OCoLC)994926078$z(OCoLC)1037905663$z(OCoLC)1038657901$z(OCoLC)1055327567$z(OCoLC)1064773285$z(OCoLC)1081204254 035 $a(OCoLC-P)778565980 035 $a(MaCbMITP)8559 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3339392 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10534379 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL359444 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000151568 100 $a20110725d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aProgressive enlightenment$b[electronic resource] $ethe origins of the gaslight industry, 1780-1820 /$fLeslie Tomory 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (361 p.) 225 1 $aTransformations : studies in the history of science and technology 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-262-01675-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $aChapter 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 Success, 1809-1812; 4.7 Conclusion 327 $aChapter 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 330 $aAn argument that the gas industry was the first integrated large-scale technological network and that it signaled a new wave of industrial innovation.In Progressive Enlightenment, Leslie Tomory examines the origins of the gaslight industry, from invention to consolidation as a large integrated urban network. Tomory argues that gas was the first integrated large-scale technological network, a designation usually given to the railways. He shows how the first gas network was constructed and stabilized through the introduction of new management structures, the use of technical controls, and the application of means to constrain the behavior of the users of gas lighting.Tomory begins by describing the contributions of pneumatic chemistry and industrial distillation to the development of gas lighting, then explores the bifurcation between the Continental and British traditions in distillation technology. He examines the establishment and consolidation of the new industry by the Birmingham firm Boulton & Watt, and describes the deployment of the network strategy by the entrepreneur Frederick Winsor. Tomory argues that the gas industry represented a new wave of technological innovation in industry because of its dependence on formal scientific research, its need for large amounts of capital, and its reliance on business organization beyond small firms and partnerships--all of which signaled a departure from the artisanal nature and limited deployment of inventions earlier in the Industrial Revolution. Gas lighting was the first important realization of the Enlightenment dream of science in the service of industry. 410 0$aTransformations (M.I.T. 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