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A history of technology

Singer, Charles Joseph, 1876-1960., Raper, Richard.

Year: 1954-1978.

Publisher: Clarendon Press.

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Frontmatter

ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

PART I. PRIMARY PRODUCTION

1 PART I AGRICULTURE: FARM IMPLEMENTS

1 PART II AGRICULTURE: TECHNIQUES OF FARMING

2 FISH PRESERVATION

A NOTE ON WHALING

3 METAL AND COAL MINING, 1750-1875

4 PART I EXTRACTION AND PRODUCTION OF METALS: IRON AND STEEL

4 PART II EXTRACTION AND PRODUCTION OF METALS: NON-FERROUS METALS

PART II. FORMS OF ENERGY

5 POWER TO 1850

6 THE STEAM-ENGINE TO 1830

7 WATERMILLS c 1500-c 1850

PART III. MANUFACTURE

8 PART I THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY: DEVELOPMENTS IN CHEMICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE

8 PART II THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY: INTERACTION WITH THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

9 GAS FOR LIGHT AND HEAT

10 PART I THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY: MACHINERY FOR COTTON, FLAX, WOOL, 1760-1850

10 PART II THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY: SILK PRODUCTION AND MANUFACTURE, 1750-1900

11 CERAMICS FROM THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY TO THE RISE OF THE STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES

12 GLASS

13 PRECISION MECHANICS

14 MACHINE-TOOLS

PART IV. STATIC ENGINEERING

15 BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION

16 PART I SANITARY ENGINEERING: WATER-SUPPLY

16 PART II SANITARY ENGINEERING: SANITATION

PART V. COMMUNICATIONS

17 ROADS TO c 1900

18 PART I CANALS: INLAND WATERWAYS OUTSIDE BRITAIN

PART II CANALS: INLAND WATERWAYS OF THE BRITISH ISLES

19 SHIP-BUILDING

20 CARTOGRAPHY

21 DREDGING

22 TELEGRAPHY

PART VI. SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF TECHNOLOGY

23 THE BEGINNINGS OF THE CHANGE FROM CRAFT MYSTERY TO SCIENCE AS A BASIS FOR TECHNOLOGY

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Title:

A history of technology : edited by Charles Singer ... [et al.].

Author:

Singer, Charles Joseph, 1876-1960; Raper, Richard

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A history of technology : edited by Charles Singer ... [et al.].
Singer, Charles Joseph, 1876-1960, Raper, Richard
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1954-1978.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.02191

Subject Headings:

• Civilization -- History
• Technology -- History

Notes:

• Volumes 6-7 ed. by T.I. Williams.
• Electronic access restricted; authentication may be required

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