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A History of Technology Volume I: From Early Times to Fall of Ancient Empires
| A History of Technology Volume I: From Early Times to Fall of Ancient Empires |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford UP |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SingerCharles <1876-1960> |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | PART I: BASIC SOCIAL FACTORS -- 1. SKILL AS A HUMAN POSSESSION / KENNETH P. OAKLEY, Senior Principal Scientific Officer, British Museum (Natural History) -- 2. EARLY FORMS OF SOCIETY / V. GORDON CHILDE, Professor of Prehistoric European Archaeology in the University of London -- 3. DISCOVERY, INVENTION, AND DIFFUSION / H. S. HARRISON -- 4. SPEECH AND LANGUAGE / A. SOMMERFELT, Professor of Generarl Philology in the University of Oslo -- 5. PRIMITIVE TIME-RECKONING / E. R. LEACH, Lecturer in Anthropology in the University of Cambridge -- PART II: FOOD-COLLECTING STAGE -- 6. WORKING STONE, BONE, AND WOOD / L. S. B. LEAKEY, Curator of the Coryndon Memorial Museum, Nairobi, Kenya -- 7. GRAPHIC AND PLASTIC ARTS / L. S. B. LEAKEY -- 8. FORAGING, HUNTING, AND FISHING (DARYLL FORDE, Professor of Anthropology in the University of London; Director, International African Institute, London -- PART III: DOMESTIC ACTIVITIES -- 9. ROTARY MOTION / V. GORDON CHILDE -- 10. FIRE-MAKING, FUEL, AND LIGHTING / H. S. HARRISON -- 11. CHEMICAL, CULINARY, AND COSMETIC ARTS / R. J. FORBES, Professor of Pure and Applied Sciences in Antiquity, University of Amsterdam -- 12. BUILDING IN WATTLE, WOOD, AND TURF / JOHN BRADFORD, Lecturer in Ethnology, University of Oxford -- PART IV: SPECIALIZING INDUSTRIES -- 13. DOMESTICATION OF ANIMALS / F. E. ZEUNER -- 14. CULTIVATION OF PLANTS / F. E. ZEUNER -- 15. POTTERY / by the late SIR LINDSAY SCOTT, K.B.E, D.S.C. -- 16. TEXTILES, BASKETRY, AND MATS / GRACE M. CROWFOOT, Munro Lecturer (Primitive Weaving) at the University of Edinburgh 1951 -- 17. BUILDING IN BRICK AND STONE / SETON LLOYD, O.B.E., Director, British Institute of Archaeology, Ankara -- 18. DIFFERENTIATION OF NON-METALLIC TOOLS / S. M. COLE, Author of The Prehistory of East Africa -- 19. WATER-SUPPLY, IRRIGATION, AND AGRICULTURE / M. S. DROWER, M.B.E., Lecturer in Ancient History, University of London -- PART V: UTILIZATION OF METALS -- 20. MINING AND QUARRYING / C. N. BROMEHEAD, District Geologist for South-Eastern England on the staff of the Geological Survey and Museum, London -- 21. EXTRACTING, SMELTING, AND ALLOYING / R. J. FORBES -- 22. METAL IMPLEMENTS AND WEAPONS / H. H. COGHLAN, Curator, Newbury Museum, Berks. -- 23. FINE METAL-WORK / HERBERT MARYON, Research Laboratory Attache and H. J. PLENDERLEITH, M.C., Keeper, Research Laboratory, British Museum -- 24. FINE IVORY-WORK / R. D. BARNETT, Deputy Keeper in the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, British Museum -- 25. FINE WOOD-WORK / CYRIL ALDRED, Assistant Keeper in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh -- PART VI: TRANSPORT -- 26. LAND TRANSPORT WITHOUT WHEELS ROADS AND BRIDGES / S. M. COLE -- 27. WHEELED VEHICLES / V. GORDON CHILDE -- 28. BOATS AND SHIPS / ADRIAN DIGBY, Keeper of Ethnography, British Museum -- PART VII: THE PREPARATION FOR SCIENCE -- 29. RECORDING AND WRITING / S.H. HOOKE, Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Studies, University of London -- 30. MEASURES AND WEIGHTS / F. G. SKINNER, O.B.E., Deputy Keeper, Science Museum, London -- 31. ANCIENT MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY / 0. NEUGEBAUER, Professor of the History of Mathematics, Brown University, Rhode Island, U.S.A. |
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A History of Technology Volume II: The Mediterranean Civilizations and the Middle Ages, c. 700 B.C. to c. A.D. 1500
| A History of Technology Volume II: The Mediterranean Civilizations and the Middle Ages, c. 700 B.C. to c. A.D. 1500 |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford UP |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SingerCharles <1876-1960> |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | PART I. PRIMARY PRODUCTION -- 1. MINING AND QUARRYING TO THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY / C. N. BROMEHEAD -- 2. METALLURGY / R. J. FORBES -- 3. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS / E. M. JOPE -- PART II. MANUFACTURE -- 4. FOOD AND DRINK / R. J. FORBES -- 5. LEATHER / JOHN W. WATERER -- A NOTE ON PARCHMENT -- 6. SPINNING AND WEAVING / R. PATTERSON -- 7. PART I FURNITURE: TO THE END OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE / CYRIL ALDRED -- 7. PART II FURNITURE: POST-ROMAN / R. W. SYMONDS -- 8. PART I CERAMICS FROM c 700 B.C. TO THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE / GISELA M. A. RICHTER -- 8. PART II CERAMICS: MEDIEVAL / E. M. JOPE -- 9. GLASS AND GLAZES / D. B. HARDEN -- 10. PRE-SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY / F. SHERWOOD TAYLOR AND CHARLES SINGER -- A NOTE ON MILITARY PYROTECHNICS / -- PART III. MATERIAL CIVILIZATION -- 11. THE MEDIEVAL ARTISAN / R. H. G. THOMSON -- 12. BUILDING-CONSTRUCTION / MARTIN S. BRIGGS -- 13. FINE METAL-WORK / HERBERT MARYON -- NOTE ON STAMPING OF COINS AND OTHER OBJECTS / PHILIP GRIERSON -- PART IV. TRANSPORT -- 14. ROADS AND LAND TRAVEL WITH A SECTION (VI) ON HARBOURS, DOCKS, AND LIGHTHOUSES / R. G. GOODCHILD (III, IV, AND VI) AND R. J. FORBES (I, II, V, VII, AND VIII) -- 15. VEHICLES AND HARNESS / E. M. JOPE -- 16. SHIPBUILDING / T. C. LETHBRIDGE -- PART V. PRACTICAL MECHANICS AND CHEMISTRY -- 17. POWER / R. J. FORBES -- A NOTE ON WINDMILLS / REX WAILES -- 18. MACHINES / BERTRAND GILLE -- A NOTE ON ANCIENT CRANES -- 19. HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND SANITATION / R. J. FORBES -- 20. MILITARY TECHNOLOGY / A. R. HALL -- 21. ALCHEMICAL EQUIPMENT / E. J. HOLMYARD -- EPILOGUE -- EAST AND WEST IN RETROSPECT / CHARLES SINGER |
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A History of Technology Volume III: From the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution, c.1500-c.1750
| A History of Technology Volume III: From the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution, c.1500-c.1750 |
| Autore | Singer Charles |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford UP |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SingerCharles <1876-1960> |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
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A History of Technology Volume IV: The Industrial Revolution, c.1750 to c.1850
| A History of Technology Volume IV: The Industrial Revolution, c.1750 to c.1850 |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford UP |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SingerCharles <1876-1960> |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | PART I. PRIMARY PRODUCTION -- 1. PART I AGRICULTURE: FARM IMPLEMENTS / OLGA BEAUMONT AND J. W. Y. HIGGS -- 1. PART II AGRICULTURE: TECHNIQUES OF FARMING / G. E. FUSSELL -- 2. FISH PRESERVATION / C. L. CUTTING -- A NOTE ON WHALING / L. HARRISON MATTHEWS -- 3. METAL AND COAL MINING, 1750-1875 / J. A. S. RITSON -- 4. PART I EXTRACTION AND PRODUCTION OF METALS: IRON AND STEEL / H. R. SCHUBERT -- 4. PART II EXTRACTION AND PRODUCTION OF METALS: NON-FERROUS METALS / F. W. GIBBS -- PART II. FORMS OF ENERGY -- 5. POWER TO 1850 / R. J. FORBES -- 6. THE STEAM-ENGINE TO 1830 / H. W. DICKINSON -- 7. WATERMILLS c 1500-c 1850 / A. STOWERS -- PART III. MANUFACTURE -- 8. PART I THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY: DEVELOPMENTS IN CHEMICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE / E. J. HOLMYARD -- 8. PART II THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY: INTERACTION WITH THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION / A. AND N. L. CLOW -- 9. GAS FOR LIGHT AND HEAT / SIR ARTHUR ELTON, BT. -- 10. PART I THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY: MACHINERY FOR COTTON, FLAX, WOOL, 1760-1850 / JULIA de L. MANN -- 10. PART II THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY: SILK PRODUCTION AND MANUFACTURE, 1750-1900 / W. ENGLISH -- 11. CERAMICS FROM THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY TO THE RISE OF THE STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES / A. AND N. L. CLOW -- 12. GLASS / L. M. ANGUS-BUTTERWORTH -- 13. PRECISION MECHANICS / MAURICE DAUMAS -- 14. MACHINE-TOOLS / K. R. GILBERT -- PART IV. STATIC ENGINEERING -- 15. BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION / S. B. HAMILTON -- 16. PART I SANITARY ENGINEERING: WATER-SUPPLY / J. KENNARD -- 16. PART II SANITARY ENGINEERING: SANITATION / J. RAWLINSON -- PART V. COMMUNICATIONS -- 17. ROADS TO c 1900 / R. J. FORBES -- 18. PART I CANALS: INLAND WATERWAYS OUTSIDE BRITAIN / ROGER PILKINGTON -- PART II CANALS: INLAND WATERWAYS OF THE BRITISH ISLES / CHARLES HADFIELD -- 19. SHIP-BUILDING / GEORGE NAISH -- 20. CARTOGRAPHY / R. A. SKELTON -- 21. DREDGING / G. DOORMAN -- 22. TELEGRAPHY / G. R. M. GARRATT -- PART VI. SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF TECHNOLOGY -- 23. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE CHANGE FROM CRAFT MYSTERY TO SCIENCE AS A BASIS FOR TECHNOLOGY / A. R. J. P. UBBELOHDE |
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A History of Technology Volume V: The Late Nineteenth Century, c.1850 to c.1900
| A History of Technology Volume V: The Late Nineteenth Century, c.1850 to c.1900 |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Clarendon Press |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SingerCharles <1876-1960> |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | PART I. PRIMARY PRODUCTION -- 1. GROWTH OF FOOD PRODUCTION / G. E. FUSSELL -- 2. MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF FOOD / T. N. MORRIS -- 3. THE STEEL INDUSTRY / H. R. SCHUBERT -- 4. NEW EXTRACTION PROCESSES FOR METALS / R. CHADWICK -- 5. PETROLEUM / R. J. FORBES -- PART II. PRIME MOVERS -- 6. THE STATIONARY STEAM-ENGINE, 1830-1900 / A. STOWERS -- 7. THE MARINE STEAM-ENGINE / H. PHILIP SPRATT -- 8. INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES / D. C. FIELD -- PART III. THE RISE OF THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY -- 9. THE GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY / C. MACKECHNIE JARVIS -- 10. THE DISTRIBUTION AND UTILIZATION OF ELECTRICITY / C. MACKECHNIE JARVIS -- PART IV. THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY -- 11. HEAVY CHEMICALS / TREVOR I. WILLIAMS -- 12. DYESTUFFS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY / E. J. HOLMYARD -- 13. EXPLOSIVES / J. McGRATH -- 14. FINE CHEMICALS / ARTHUR W. SLATER -- PART V. TRANSPORT -- 15. THE DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY ENGINEERING / C. HAMILTON ELLIS -- 16. SHIP-BUILDING / A. M. ROBB -- 17. AERONAUTICS / PETER W. BROOKS -- 18. MECHANICAL ROAD-VEHICLES / D. C. FIELD -- 19. CARTOGRAPHY AND AIDS TO NAVIGATION / D. H. FRYER -- PART VI. CIVIL ENGINEERING -- 20. BUILDING MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES / S. B. HAMILTON -- 21. BRIDGES AND TUNNELS / H. SHIRLEY SMITH -- 22. HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING / J. ALLEN -- 23. WATER-SUPPLY / F. E. BRUCE -- PART VII. MANUFACTURE -- 24. PART I THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY: WOVEN FABRICS / D. A. FARNIE -- 24. PART II THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY: HOSIERY AND LACE / F. A. WELLS -- 25. THE WORKING OF METALS / R. CHADWICK -- 26. MACHINE-TOOLS / D. F. GALLOWAY -- 27. CERAMICS / IREEN JAMESON -- 28. GLASS TECHNOLOGY / R. W. DOUGLAS -- 29. PRINTING AND RELATED TRADES / W. TURNER BERRY -- 30. PART I THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS: PHOTOGRAPHY / HELMUT AND ALISON GERNSHEIM -- 30. PART II THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS: CINEMATOGRAPHY / ANTHONY R. MICHAELIS -- 31. PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION OF RUBBER / S. S. PICKLES -- PART VIII. THE THRESHOLD OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY -- 32. EDUCATION FOR AN AGE OF TECHNOLOGY / SIR ERIC ASHBY -- 33. TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION / CHARLES WILSON -- 34. TECHNOLOGY AND ITS SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES / SIR ALEXANDER FLECK |
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