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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

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

PART I. PRIMARY PRODUCTION

1 GROWTH OF FOOD PRODUCTION

2 MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF FOOD

3 THE STEEL INDUSTRY

4 NEW EXTRACTION PROCESSES FOR METALS

5 PETROLEUM

PART II. PRIME MOVERS

6 THE STATIONARY STEAM-ENGINE, 1830-1900

7 THE MARINE STEAM-ENGINE

8 INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES

PART III. THE RISE OF THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY

9 THE GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY

10 THE DISTRIBUTION AND UTILIZATION OF ELECTRICITY

PART IV. THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

11 HEAVY CHEMICALS

12 DYESTUFFS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

13 EXPLOSIVES

14 FINE CHEMICALS

PART V. TRANSPORT

15 THE DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY ENGINEERING

16 SHIP-BUILDING

17 AERONAUTICS

18 MECHANICAL ROAD-VEHICLES

19 CARTOGRAPHY AND AIDS TO NAVIGATION

PART VI. CIVIL ENGINEERING

20 BUILDING MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES

21 BRIDGES AND TUNNELS

22 HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING

23 WATER-SUPPLY

PART VII. MANUFACTURE

24 PART I THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY: WOVEN FABRICS

24 PART II THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY: HOSIERY AND LACE

25 THE WORKING OF METALS

26 MACHINE-TOOLS

27 CERAMICS

28 GLASS TECHNOLOGY

29 PRINTING AND RELATED TRADES

30 PART I THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS: PHOTOGRAPHY

30 PART II THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS: CINEMATOGRAPHY

31 PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION OF RUBBER

PART VIII. THE THRESHOLD OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

32 EDUCATION FOR AN AGE OF TECHNOLOGY

33 TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION

34 TECHNOLOGY AND ITS SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES

LIST OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES I-IV

INDEXES

PLATES

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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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