An Encyclopaedia of the history of technolology / edited by Ian McNeil.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McNeil, Ian.

Series:

Routledge reference.

Routledge reference

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--History.

Technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1081 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Encyclopedia of the history of technology

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

* Written without unnecessary jargon* 2 extensive indexes of Names and Topics* Usefully illustrated with 150 black & white photographs and line drawings to explain key advances`Contain[s] a vast amount of reliable information over a very wide field. It is certainly a work of which I shall myself make frequent use ... it deserves to find a place ... in every reference library.' - Times Higher Education

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Basic Tools, Devices and Mechanisms; MATERIALS; Non-Ferrous Metals; Ferrous Metals; The Chemical and Allied Industries; POWER AND ENGINEERING; Water, Wind and Animal Power; Steam and Internal Combustion Engines; Electricity; Engineering, Methods of Manufacture and Production; TRANSPORT; Roads, Bridges and Vehicles; Inland Waterways; Ports and Shipping; Rail; Aeronautics; Spaceflight; COMMUNICATION AND CALCULATION; Language, Writing, Printing and Graphic Arts

Information: Timekeeping, Computing, Telecommunications and Audiovisual TechnologiesTECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY; Agriculture: The Production and Preservation of Food and Drink; Textiles and Clothing; Building and Architecture; The Domestic Interior: Technology and the Home; Public Utilities; Weapons and Armour; The Contributors; Index of Names; Index of Topics

Notes:

Cover and spine title of paperback: An encyclopedia of the history of science.

Includes bibliographies.

ISBN:

1-134-98164-3

1-134-98165-1

1-280-32656-5

9786610326563

0-203-33017-X

0-203-19211-7

9780203192115

OCLC:

55641339