History of Technology

by Hollister-Short, Graham; James, Frank A. J. L.

• ISBN13: 9780720121339
• ISBN10: 0720121337
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-12-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Academic

Summary

he technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. Volumes contain technical articles ranging widely in subject, time and region, as well as general papers on the history of technology. In addition to dealing with the history of technical discovery and change, History of Technology also explores the relations of technology to other aspects of life -- social, cultural and economic -- and shows how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred.

Author Biography

Graham Hollister-Short is an Honorary Lecturer in the History of Technology at Imperial College, London, and a member of the academic staff of the London Centre for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology, University of London.

Frank A.J.L James, Professor of History of Science, The Royal Institution of Great Britain.

Table of Contents

Editorial

The Contributors

Notes for Contributors

Aero-engine Production in the Third Reich, Hans-Joachim Braun

Chaleur et Chauffage: L'introduction du Confort à Paris sous la Restauration (English summary by GH-S), André Guillerme

The Birth and Demise of a Medieval Windmill, John Langdon

The South-pointing Chariot in Rome: Gearing in China and the West, Michael J. T. Lewis

The Development and Use of the Tubular Beam, 1830-1860, Stanley Smith

Some Designs of Jerónimo de Ayanz (c. 1550-1613) relating to Mining, Metallurgy and Steam Pumps, Nicolás García Tapia

Peenemünde and Los Alamos: Two Studies, Donald E. Tarter

Reflections on Two Conferences: ICOHTEC XIX and MASTECH, Graham Hollister-Short

Announcement: The Georgius Agricola Commemorations, 1994

Contents of Former Volumes