History of Technology Volume 23.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Editorial -- The Contributors -- Notes for Contributors -- Standards, Trust and Civil Discourse: Measuring the Thickness and Quality of Silk Thread -- Notes and References -- Technological Transfers between Politics, Markets and Culture: Framework Knitting versus Hand-knitting in the Southern Netherlands (Seventeenth to Eighteenth Centuries) -- Introduction -- The Hosiery Trade In The Southern Netherlands From The Middle Ages To The End Of The Seventeenth Century -- The Introduction And Diffusion Of The Hosiery Frame In The Southern Netherlands -- Hand-Knitting And Framework Knitting: The Relations Between Men And Women -- The Economic And Social Organization Of The Hosiery Industry -- Explanations -- Implications -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- A Philosophical Business: Edward Nairne and the Patent Medical Electrical Machine (1782) -- The Philosophical Avocations Of An Instrument Maker -- Electricity Under The Great Seal -- Advertising The Machine -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- Innovation or Emulation? Silverware and Its Imitations in Britain 1750-1800. The Consumers' Point of View -- Introduction -- Imitative Metalwares: A Brief Survey -- Consumer Attitudes To Precious Metal Substitutes -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- Technology and the Labour Process: A Comparison of British Railway Companies' Approaches to Locomotive Construction before 1914 -- Introduction -- Explaining The British Railway Company Workshops' Technology Policies - Recent Theories And Approaches -- Methodological Approaches -- Britain's railway company workshops, 1840-1914. Britain's locomotive engineering industry, origins and form -- Reviewing The Production Process In Britain's Railway Company Workshops, 1830s-1914 -- Conclusion -- Notes and References.

The Kumaon Iron Works - A Colonial Technology Project -- The History Of Iron Making In Kumaon -- Raw Material Supply And Technical Efficiency -- The Men Who Did The Work And The Price Of Knowledge -- Markets And The Cost Of Production -- Conflicts And Contradictions -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- Learning by the Book: The Problem of Writing Instruction in Manual Skills -- Introduction -- Training Methods -- The Encyclopaedic Tradition -- The Technical Manual -- The 'Catechism' -- The Artist-Craftsman's Manual -- 'Do-It-Yourself' Manuals -- Patchwork -- Bookbinding -- Model Yachts -- Reasons Why 'Diy' Texts Can Fail: Peripheral Problems -- How Do We Learn? -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- Civilized Adventure as a Remedy for Nervous Times: Early Automobilism and Fin-de-siècle Culture -- Euphoria And Concern About Technical Progress: The Bicycle Andfin-De-Siècle Culture -- Racing, Touring And Dirty Hands: Automobile Sport As Mental Hygienism -- In The Shadow Of The Petrol Adventure: The Subculture Of The Electric Car -- Car Rental And Automobile Culture: The Electric Passenger Car In The City -- From Adventure Machine To Utility Vehicle: The Taming Of The Petrol Car -- Notes and References -- Chronicle of the Death of a Laboratory: Douglas Engelbart and the Failure of the Knowledge Workshop -- Douglas Carl Engelbart: A Rediscovered Pioneer Of Personal Computing -- Augmentation Of Human Intellect: Co-Evolution Of Man And Machine -- The On-Line System And The Network Information Center -- Enhancements To Nls: Journal And Mail -- Of Mice And Humans -- The Breakthrough Lab And Its Discontents -- Conclusions -- Notes and References -- Contents of Former Volumes.

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