Progressive enlightenment [[electronic resource] ] : the origins of the gaslight industry, 1780-1820 / / Leslie Tomory |
Autore | Tomory Leslie <1974-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.4/79621324094109033 |
Collana | Transformations : studies in the history of science and technology |
Soggetto topico |
Gas-lighting - Great Britain - History
Gas light fixtures industry - Great Britain - History Distillation - Research - Europe - History Industrial revolution - Europe |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-262-30045-1
1-280-49921-4 9786613594440 0-262-30124-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
Chapter 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 Chapter 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461231703321 |
Tomory Leslie <1974->
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2012 | ||
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Progressive enlightenment : the origins of the gaslight industry, 1780-1820 / / Leslie Tomory |
Autore | Tomory Leslie <1974-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.4/79621324094109033 |
Collana | Transformations : studies in the history of science and technology |
Soggetto topico |
Gas-lighting - Great Britain - History
Gas light fixtures industry - Great Britain - History Distillation - Research - Europe - History Industrial revolution - Europe |
Soggetto non controllato |
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science |
ISBN |
0-262-30045-1
1-280-49921-4 9786613594440 0-262-30124-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
Chapter 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 Chapter 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790024603321 |
Tomory Leslie <1974->
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2012 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Progressive enlightenment : the origins of the gaslight industry, 1780-1820 / / Leslie Tomory |
Autore | Tomory Leslie <1974-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.4/79621324094109033 |
Collana | Transformations : studies in the history of science and technology |
Soggetto topico |
Gas-lighting - Great Britain - History
Gas light fixtures industry - Great Britain - History Distillation - Research - Europe - History Industrial revolution - Europe |
Soggetto non controllato |
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science |
ISBN |
0-262-30045-1
1-280-49921-4 9786613594440 0-262-30124-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
Chapter 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 Chapter 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824213103321 |
Tomory Leslie <1974->
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2012 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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