A History of Technology Volume III: From the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution, c.1500-c.1750

• Autore: Singer Charles
• Pubblicazione: Oxford UP
• Altri autori: SingerCharles <1876-1960>
• Nota di contenuto: PART I. PRIMARY PRODUCTION -- 1. FOOD AND DRINK R. J. FORBES -- 2. METALLURGY AND ASSAYING / CYRIL STANLEY SMITH AND R. J. FORBESI -- 3. COAL MINING AND UTILIZATION / J. U. NEF -- 4. WINDMILLS / REX WAILES -- PART II. MANUFACTURE -- 5. TRADESMEN'S TOOLS c 1500-1850 / R. A. SALAMAN -- A NOTE ON THE WHEELWRIGHT'S TRADE -- A NOTE ON COOPERING -- 6. FARM-TOOLS, VEHICLES, AND HARNESS 1500-1900 / OLGA BEAUMONT (I, III) AND J. GERAINT JENKINS (II) -- 7. SPINNING AND WEAVING / R. PATTERSON -- A NOTE ON KNITTING AND KNITTED FABRICS / JAMES NORBURY -- 8. FIGURED FABRICS / J. F. FLANAGAN -- 9. GLASS / R. J. CHARLESTON (I-V) AND L. M. ANGUS-BUTTERWORTH (VI-IX) -- PART III. MATERIAL CIVILIZATION -- 10. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION / MARTIN S. BRIGGS -- 11. TOWN-PLANNING FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD TO THE RENAISSANCE / MARTIN S. BRIGGS -- 12. LAND DRAINAGE AND RECLAMATION / L. E. HARRIS -- 13. MACHINES AND MECHANISMS / A. P. USHER -- 14. MILITARY TECHNOLOGY / A. R. HALL -- 15. PRINTING / MICHAEL CLAPHAM -- A NOTE ON TECHNICAL ADVANCES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER BEFORE THE NINETEENTH CENTURY -- PART IV. COMMUNICATIONS -- 16. BRIDGES / S. B. HAMILTON -- 17. CANALS AND RIVER NAVIGATIONS BEFORE 1750 / A. W. SKEMPTON -- 18. SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING / G. P. B. NAISH -- 19. CARTOGRAPHY, SURVEY, AND NAVIGATION TO 1400 (CHARLES SINGER (I-VI), DEREK J. PRICE (VII), AND E. G. R. TAYLOR (VIII-XI) -- 20. CARTOGRAPHY, SURVEY, AND NAVIGATION 1400-1750 / E. G. R. TAYLOR -- PART V. APPROACH TO SCIENCE -- 21. THE CALENDAR / SIR HAROLD SPENCER JONES -- 22. PRECISION INSTRUMENTS: TO 1500 / DEREK J. PRICE -- 23. THE MANUFACTURE OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS FROM c 1500 TO c 1700 / DEREK J. PRICE -- 24. MECHANICAL TIMEKEEPERS / H. ALAN LLOYD -- 25. INVENTION IN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES / F. W. GIBBS -- EPILOGUE -- THE RISE OF THE WEST / A. R. HALL
• Titolo autorizzato: A History of Technology Volume III: From the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution, c.1500-c.1750
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248057903316
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