LEADER 03535nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910780802903321 005 20230725041843.0 010 $a1-383-04665-4 010 $a0-19-158041-4 010 $a1-282-34673-3 010 $a9786612346736 010 $a0-19-157441-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000000000032 035 $a(EBL)472142 035 $a(OCoLC)518172610 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000298120 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11238789 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000298120 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10343102 035 $a(PQKB)10204865 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL472142 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10351331 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL234673 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC472142 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000000032 100 $a20090910d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Hancocks of Marlborough$b[electronic resource] $erubber, art and the industrial revolution : a family of inventive genius /$fJohn Loadman and Francis James 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (297 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-957355-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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. 327 $aEpilogue: 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; Index 330 $aThis 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. T 606 $aInventors$zEngland$zMarlborough$vBiography 606 $aRubber industry and trade$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aIndustrial revolution$zGreat Britain$xHistory 615 0$aInventors 615 0$aRubber industry and trade$xHistory. 615 0$aIndustrial revolution$xHistory. 676 $a609.2/242 676 $aB 700 $aLoadman$b John$01483207 701 $aJames$b Francis$0886801 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780802903321 996 $aThe Hancocks of Marlborough$93701210 997 $aUNINA