History of Technology Volume 27.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (174 pages)
- History of Technology Series .
- History of Technology Series .
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- The Contributors -- Notes for Contributors -- The Diffusion and Transmission of the Rotary-Fan Winnowing Machine from China to Europe: New Findings and New Questions -- THE STATE OF THE FIELD IN WESTERN RESEARCH ON THE HISTORY OF THE CHINESE WINNOWING MACHINE AND ITS DIFFUSION OR TRANSMISSION -- THE STATE OF THE FIELD IN CHINA -- RECENT GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN RESEARCH ON THE HISTORY OF THE WINNOWING MACHINE IN EUROPE -- A CHRONOLOGY OF HISTORICAL EVENTS AND POSSIBILITIES OF THEIR INTERPRETATION -- SOME PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS -- Notes and References -- Watt in Court: Specifying Steam Engines and Classifying Engineers in the Patent Trials of the 1790s -- INTRODUCTION -- LITIGATION ON THE 1769 PATENT OUTLINED -- CALCULATION AND SPECIFICATION IN 1769 -- THE BOULTON & -- WATT LEGAL STRATEGY -- WITNESS TESTIMONY ON SUFFICIENCY -- FOR THE PLAINTIFFS -- FOR THE DEFENDANTS -- ADAIR SUMS UP FOR THE PLAINTIFFS -- CONCLUSIONS -- Notes and References -- Business and Geopolitics in the International Transfer of Technology: Spanish Submarine Cables, 1849-1930 -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. SHAPING THE NATION, STRENGTHENING INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS: THE SPANISH TELEGRAPH -- 2. WEAK TOOLS FOR A RICKETY EMPIRE: THE AFRICAN CABLES -- 3. THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM OF THE FAR WEST AND EAST CONQUEST -- 4. THE NEW OPTIONS IN THE SOUTHERN TRANSATLANTIC ROUTE -- 5. THE WORKING OF THE TELEGRAPH AND SUBMARINE CABLES. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS AND TRAFFIC INCREASE -- CONCLUSIONS -- Notes and References -- Special Issue: The Professional Identity of Engineers. Historical and Contemporary Issues -- Introduction: Identifying Engineers in History -- Notes and References -- 1: French Engineers: Between Unity and Heterogeneity -- THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN FRENCH ENGINEER: A TWOFOLD STORY -- THE TURNING-POINT OF THE REVOLUTION. THE RISE OF LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRY -- MULTIPLICATION OF ENGINEERS -- THE CHALLENGES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY -- ENGINEERS TODAY -- NEW QUESTIONS, NEW STAKES -- Notes and References -- 2: Being an Engineer in the European Periphery. Three Case Studies of Portuguese Engineering -- MANUEL DE AZEVEDO FORTES: A ESTRANGEIRADO IN THE PORTUGUESE COURT -- JOAO CRISOSTOMO DE ABREU E SOUSA: PUBLIC WORKS AND THE MODERNIZATION OF PORTUGAL -- JOSE VITORINO DAMASIO: INDUSTRY AND THE MODERNIZATION OF PORTUGAL -- CONCLUSION -- Notes and References -- 3: Industrial Engineering in Spain in the First Half of the Twentieth Century: From Renewal to Crisis -- SPANISH ENGINEERING IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY -- 1900: A NEW INITIATIVE TO PROMOTE ENGINEERING -- TECHNOLOGY AND DEMOCRACY -- UNIVERSITY RENEWAL -- THE REFORMS THWARTED BY THE CIVIL WAR -- SUMMARY -- Notes and References -- Contents of Former Volumes.