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9780826438751

History of Technology Volume 28 Special Issue: By whose standards? Standardization, stability and uniformity in the history of information and electrical technologies

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    9780826438751

  • ISBN10:

    082643875X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-05-31
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Summary

This special edition focuses on morality, locality and 'standardization' in the work of British consulting electrical engineers, 1880-1914.

Table of Contents

Introduction: does standardization make things standard?James Sumner and Graeme GoodayMorality, locality and 'standardization' in the work of British consulting electrical engineers, 1880-1914Efstathios ArapostathisTechnology, vision and practice: rethinking closure in the history of artificial illuminationChris OtterStandardization across the boundaries of the Bell System, 1920-1938Andrew L. Russell
Battery birds, 'stimulighting' and 'twilighting': the ecology of standardized poultry technologyKaren Sayer
Basicode: co-producing a microcomputer EsperantoFrank Veraart
Standards and compatibility: the rise of the PC platformJames Sumner
IPv6: a history of the next-generation InternetLaura DeNardis

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