The 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.
The 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.
Norman A. F. Smith (1938-2009) was Reader in the History of Science and Technology at Imperial College, London. He is the author of several works including A History of Dams (P. Davies, 1971) and Man and Water: A History of Hydro-Technology (Scribner, 1975)
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Preface Editorial: Into Double Figures Dr E. O. W. Whitehouse and the 1858 trans-Atlantic Cable, D. de Cogan Isaac Newton's Steamer, A. Rupert Hall Gunpowder and Mining in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Europe, G. J. Hollister-Short Evidence of American Influence on the Designs if Nineteenth-Century Drilling Tools, Obtained from British Patent Specifications and Other Sources, C. J. Jackson Beau de Rochas Devant la Technique et l'Industrie de son Temps, Jacques Payen Archaeological Evidence for Early Water-Mills--an Interim Report, Örjan Wikander John Farey and the Smeaton Manuscripts, A. P. Woolrich Bridges: a Bibliography of Articles Published in Scientific Periodicals 1800-1829, Mike Chrimes The Contributors Contents of Former Volumes
Preface Editorial: Into Double Figures Dr E. O. W. Whitehouse and the 1858 trans-Atlantic Cable, D. de Cogan Isaac Newton's Steamer, A. Rupert Hall Gunpowder and Mining in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Europe, G. J. Hollister-Short Evidence of American Influence on the Designs if Nineteenth-Century Drilling Tools, Obtained from British Patent Specifications and Other Sources, C. J. Jackson Beau de Rochas Devant la Technique et l'Industrie de son Temps, Jacques Payen Archaeological Evidence for Early Water-Mills--an Interim Report, Örjan Wikander John Farey and the Smeaton Manuscripts, A. P. Woolrich Bridges: a Bibliography of Articles Published in Scientific Periodicals 1800-1829, Mike Chrimes The Contributors Contents of Former Volumes
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