History of technology. Volume twenty-six, 2005 / edited by Ian Inkster.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Inkster, Ian, editor.

Series:

History of Technology

History of technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--History.

Technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

History of technology. Volume 26

Place of Publication:

[London] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The technical problems confronting different societies and periods and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. It deals with the history of technical discovery and change and explores the relationship 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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Editorial

The Contributors

Notes for Contributors

Making things from New Ideas

Howard Dawes and Christopher Dawes in collaboration with Gerry Martin and Alan Macfarlane

The Twenty-One Books of Engines and Machines Attributed to Pedro Juan de Lastanosa / Nicolas García Tapia

Richard Robert's Contributions to Production Engineering / R.L Hills

Promoting British Aviation in 1950s Cinema / Michael Paris. Special Issue: Engineering Disasters

1 Introduction / R. Angus Buchanan

2 Maritime Disasters and the Law / David K. Brown

3 Suspension Bridges / Derek Portman

5 The Causes of the Great Sheffield Flood of 1864 / R. Angus Buchanan

6 Semiconductor Manufacturing and the Chemical Contamination within Silicon Valley / P.R. Morris

7 Gunpowder, A Capricious and Unmerciful Thing / Brenda J. Buchanan

8 Engineering Disasters - Thoughts of a Factory Inspector / John H. Boyes

9 Fatigue as a Factor in Aeronautical Disasters / Peter Stokes

10 Design Compromises in the Space Shuttle; David Ashford 11 Past and Future Bridge Failures / Henry Petroski.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786612710575

9781350019058

1350019054

9781282710573

1282710575

9781441191069

1441191062

OCLC:

664232782