I. McNeil | An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology (2002) [PDF]
Автор: I. McNeil
Издательство: Taylor & Francis e-Library
ISBN: 0-203-19211-7
Жанр: Энциклопедии, История, Технологии
Язык: Английский
Формат: PDF
Качество: OCR
Иллюстрации: Черно-белые
Описание:Dr Johnson wrote, ‘A man may turn over half a library to make one book’. In the present case around a score of writers have turned over about as many libraries to make this Encyclopaedia. The Book of Proverbs states, ‘God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions’. Whatever one may think about Charles Darwin’s ‘Descent of Man’, it is a fact that man walked upright, giving him a pair of hands which he could use for manipulation, rather than ambulation, and his cranial capability enabled him to evolve many inventions. This book tells the story of these inventions from stone axe to spacecraft, from cave dwelling to computer. The objective has been to simplify the study of the History of Technology by putting into the hands of the reader, be he or she student or layman, a single volume telling the whole story in twenty-two chapters, each written by an acknowledged expert.
PART ONE: MATERIALS
1: Non-Ferrous Metals (A.S.Darling)
2: Ferrous Metals (W.K.V.Gale)
3: The Chemical and Allied Industries (Lance Day)
PART TWO: POWER AND ENGINEERING
4: Water, Wind and Animal Power (F.Kenneth Major)
5: Steam and Internal Combustion Engines (E.F.C.Somerscales)
6: Electricity (Brian Bowers)
7: Engineering, Methods of Manufacture and Production (A.K.Corry)
PART THREE: TRANSPORT
8: Roads, Bridges and Vehicles (Ian McNeil)
9: Inland Waterways (John Boyes)
10: Ports and Shipping (A.W.H.Pearsall)
11: Rail (P.J.G.Ransom)
12: Aeronautics (J.A.Bagley)
13: Spaceflight (John Griffiths)
PART FOUR: COMMUNICATION AND CALCULATION
14: Language, Writing, Printing and Graphic Arts (Lance Day)
15: Information: Timekeeping, Computing, Telecommunications and Audiovisual Technologies (Herbert Ohlman)
PART FIVE: TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
16: Agriculture: The Production and Preservation of Food and Drink (Andrew Patterson)
17: Textiles and Clothing (Richard Hills)
18: Building and Architecture (Doreen Yarwood)
19: The Domestic Interior: Technology and the Home (Doreen Yarwood)
20: Public Utilities (R.A.Buchanan)
21: Weapons and Armour (Charles Messenger)
The Contributors
Index of Names
Index of Topics
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