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Waterpower in Lowell : Engineering and Industry in Nineteenth-century America.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technology SeriesPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (269 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801897351
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Waterpower in LowellDDC classification:
  • 621.209744/409034
LOC classification:
  • TC425.M4 M35 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Harnessing the Merrimack River -- 2 Building a City at the Falls, 1821-1836 -- 3 Expanding the Waterpower, 1836-1847 -- 4 Testing the Waters: Scientific Engineering in Lowell -- 5 Protecting the People and the Profits, 1847-1865 -- 6 Controlling the System, 1865-1885 -- Postscript -- Notes -- Suggested Further Readings -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z.
Summary: Its clear and instructional discussions of hydraulic technology and engineering principles make it a useful resource for a range of courses, including the history of technology, urban history, and American business history.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Harnessing the Merrimack River -- 2 Building a City at the Falls, 1821-1836 -- 3 Expanding the Waterpower, 1836-1847 -- 4 Testing the Waters: Scientific Engineering in Lowell -- 5 Protecting the People and the Profits, 1847-1865 -- 6 Controlling the System, 1865-1885 -- Postscript -- Notes -- Suggested Further Readings -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z.

Its clear and instructional discussions of hydraulic technology and engineering principles make it a useful resource for a range of courses, including the history of technology, urban history, and American business history.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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