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100 1 _aHollister-Short, Graham.
245 1 0 _aHistory of Technology Volume 20.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aLondon :
_bBloomsbury Publishing Plc,
_c1999.
264 4 _c©2016.
300 _a1 online resource (204 pages)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aHistory of Technology Series
505 0 _aCover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Editorial -- The Contributors -- Notes for Contributors -- The PAL-SECAM Colour Television Controversy -- INTRODUCTION -- THE NTSC SYSTEM -- THE SECAM SYSTEM -- THE PAL SYSTEM -- THE PROBLEM OF REACHING A TECHNOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE RIVAL COLOUR TELEVISION SYSTEMS -- THE PAL SECAM CONTROVERSY AS A POLITICAL CASE STUDY -- Notes and References -- Inventing the Miracle Battery: Thomas Edison and the Electric Vehicle -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PLUTO EFFECT -- THE INVENTION OF THE ALKALINE VEHICLE BATTERY -- THE MIRACLE BATTERY -- THE EDISON BATTERY AS A MACHINE -- EDISON'S BATTERY AND THE AUTOMOBILE MARKET -- Notes and References -- Two Knights in Pandemonium: A Worm's-eye View of Boulton, Watt &amp -- Co., c. 1800-1820 -- FAMILY BACKGROUND -- SOCIAL LIFE -- SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS -- THE ROLE OF ENGINEERING REPRESENTATIVE -- ENGINEERING DRAWING -- ENGINE DESIGN AND IMPROVEMENT -- MARINE ENGINES -- GASLIGHTING -- SOHO FOUNDRY -- CONCLUSION -- Notes and References -- The Mechanization of Carving: The Development of the Carving Machine, Especially in Relation to the Manufacture of Furniture and the Working of Wood -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EARLY HISTORY -- FIRST PHASE -- THE ROLE OF THOMAS JORDAN -- PROGRESS IN PATENT CARVING -- SECOND PHASE -- ATTITUDES TO CARVING MACHINES AND TECHNOLOGY -- Notes and References -- Protection and Promotion: Privileges for Inventions and Books of Machines in the Early Modern Period -- INTRODUCTION -- MILLS AND WATER-LIFTING DEVICES AS OBJECTS OF EARLY MODERN PRIVILEGES FOR INVENTIONS -- THE PROCESS OF GRANTING PRIVILEGES FOR INVENTIONS -- THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PRIVILEGES FOR INVENTIONS UP TO THE END OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY -- 'MACHINES' AS THE COMMON OBJECT OF PRIVILEGES FOR INVENTIONS AND PRINTED BOOKS OF MACHINES.
505 8 _aTHE RISK OF PUBLISHING CONTEMPORARY MACHINE TECHNOLOGY IN PRINT -- RECIPIENTS OF PRIVILEGES FOR INVENTIONS AS AUTHORS OF BOOKS OF MACHINES -- PRIVILEGES FOR INVENTIONS AND BOOKS OF MACHINES: INSTITUTIONS LOOKING AHEAD TO THE FUTURE -- Notes and References -- The Archer's Paradox and Modelling: A Review -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PHYSICAL MODELS -- MATHEMATICAL MODELS -- TWO ANCIENT ARROWS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- Notes and References -- A New Way of Raising Water by Fire: Denis Papin's Treatise of 1707 and its Reception by Contemporaries -- ABSTRACT -- TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE -- TRANSLATION -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER I -- CHAPTER II -- CHAPTER III -- CHAPTER IV -- CHAPTER V -- CHAPTER VI -- CHAPTER VII -- CHAPTER VIII -- APPENDIX 1 -- APPENDIX 2 -- APPENDIX 3 -- APPENDIX 4 -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Contents of Former Volumes.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aTechnology--History.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aHollister-Short, Graham
_tHistory of Technology Volume 20
_dLondon : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,c1999
_z9780720123760
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aHistory of Technology Series
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