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      An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology book

      Edited ByIan McNeil
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 1990
      eBook Published 18 January 1990
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203192115
      Pages 1088
      eBook ISBN 9780203192115
      Subjects Humanities, Reference & Information Science
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      McNeil, I. (Ed.). (1990). An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203192115

      ABSTRACT

      * 22 sections cover the entire field of the history of technology and each section summarises the development of its subject from the earliest times to the present day
      * Written without unnecessary jargon
      * 2 extensive indexes of Names and Topics
      * Usefully illustrated with 150 black & white photographs and line drawings to explain key advances

      `Contain[s] a vast amount of reliable information over a very wide field. It is certainly a work of which I shall myself make frequent use ... it deserves to find a place ... in every reference library.' - Times Higher Education Supplement
      `The coverage is excellent ... a most valuable single-volume source which for its comprehensiveness and ease of reference will earn its place in both specialist and general reference collections.' - Reference Reviews
      `Informative and comprehensive, remarkable in its coverage ... covers every aspect of technology from the Stone Age to the Space Age ... will undoubtedly help readers to get a grip on and feel of an enormous range of subjects ... An invaluable and practical addition to most office bookshelves or libraries.' - New Civil Engineer
      `The authors represented in this book are to be congratulated for their readable and reliable surveys of the past and present status of the major areas where mankind has harnessed science for the production of useful products and processes.' - Choice

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |43 pages

      Introduction: Basic Tools, Devices and Mechanisms

      ByIan McNeil

      part |1 pages

      PART ONE: MATERIALS

      chapter 1|99 pages

      Non-Ferrous Metals

      ByA. S. Darling

      chapter 2|40 pages

      Ferrous Metals

      ByW. K. V. Gale

      chapter 3|40 pages

      The Chemical and Allied Industries

      ByLance Day

      part |1 pages

      PART TWO: POWER AND ENGINEERING

      chapter 4|43 pages

      Water, Wind and Animal Power

      ByF. Kenneth Major

      chapter 5|78 pages

      Steam and Internal Combustion Engines

      ByE. F. C. Somerscales

      chapter 6|38 pages

      Electricity

      ByBrian Bowers

      chapter 7|41 pages

      Engineering, Methods of Manufacture and Production

      ByA. K. Corry

      part |1 pages

      PART THREE: TRANSPORT

      chapter 8|43 pages

      Roads, Bridges and Vehicles

      ByIan McNeil

      chapter 9|45 pages

      Inland Waterways

      ByJohn Boyes

      chapter 10|36 pages

      Ports and Shipping

      ByA. W. H. Pearsall

      chapter 11|54 pages

      Rail

      ByP. J. G. Ransom

      chapter 12|39 pages

      Aeronautics

      ByJ. A. Bagley

      chapter 13|15 pages

      Spaceflight

      ByJohn Griffiths

      part |1 pages

      PART FOUR: COMMUNICATION AND CALCULATION

      chapter 14|21 pages

      Language, Writing, Printing and Graphic Arts

      ByLance Day

      chapter 15|73 pages

      Information: Timekeeping, Computing, Telecommunications and Audiovisual Technologies

      ByHerbert Ohlman

      part |1 pages

      PART FIVE: TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY

      chapter 16|42 pages

      Agriculture: The Production and Preservation of Food and Drink

      ByAndrew Patterson

      chapter 17|52 pages

      Textiles and Clothing

      ByRichard Hills

      chapter 18|47 pages

      Building and Architecture

      ByDoreen Yarwood

      chapter 19|47 pages

      The Domestic Interior: Technology and the Home

      ByDoreen Yarwood

      chapter 20|18 pages

      Public Utilities

      ByR. A. Buchanan

      chapter 21|45 pages

      Weapons and Armour

      ByCharles Messenger
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