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The development of Western technology since 1500.
- Title
- The development of Western technology since 1500. [Edited by] Thomas Parke Hughes.
- Author
- Hughes, Thomas Parke
- Publication
- New York, Macmillan [1964]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | T18 .H844 1964 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 149 pages; 21 cm.
- Series Statement
- Main themes in European history
- Uniform Title
- Main themes in European history.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Introduction / Thomas Parke Hughes -- From Erewhon to nowhere / Lewis Mumford -- Leonardo da Vinci : natural philosopher and engineer / John W. Lieb -- Lazarus Ercker and the role of the assayer / Cyril Stanley Smith -- The Grand Canal of Languedoc and its constructor, Pierre-Paul Riquet de Bonrepos / Samuel Smiles -- The Huguenots and the diffusion of technology / Warren Scoville -- A sketch of the industrial history of the Coalbrookdale district / Rhys Jenkins -- Science and the steam engine / Milton Kerker -- The engineers and the industrial revolution / Samuel Smiles -- Origins of the Society of Civil Engineers (from the Reports of the late John Smeaton) -- The factory system of production / Andrew Ure -- The genesis of American engineering competition / D.L. Burn -- Peter Beuth and the rise of Prussian industry, 1810-1845 / W.O. Henderson -- America at the world fairs, 1851-1893 / Merle Curti -- Coal tar dye manufacture and the origins of the modern industrial research laboratory / John J. Beer -- Sullivan's skyscrapers as the expression of nineteenth-century technology / Carl W. Condit.
- LCCN
- 64012537
- OCLC
- ocm01100123
- 1100123
- SCSB-234125
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library