The Hancocks of Marlborough [[electronic resource] ] : rubber, art and the industrial revolution : a family of inventive genius / / John Loadman and Francis James

• Autore: Loadman John
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 609.2/242; B
• Soggetto topico: Inventors - England - Marlborough; Rubber industry and trade - Great Britain - History; Industrial revolution - Great Britain - History
• Altri autori: JamesFrancis
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The Hancocks of Marlborough
• ISBN: 1-383-04665-4; 0-19-158041-4; 1-282-34673-3; 9786612346736; 0-19-157441-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780802903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II