Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
A. Rupert Hall (1920-2009) was Professor of the History of Science and Technology at Imperial College, London and a former director of the Wellcome Trust. He wrote widely on the history of science and edited and translated numerous unpublished works by scientists including Isaac Newton.
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 Man and Water: A History of Hydro-Technology and A History of Dams.
Preface
The Order of the Technological World, Thomas P. Hughes
Bronze Roman Piston Pumps, Thorkild Schiøler
Measurement in Galileo's Science, Stillman Drake
John Ridley and the South Australian 'Stripper', L. J. Jones
Emile Lamm's Self-Propelled Tramcars 1870-72 and the Evolution of the Fireless Locomotive, D. G. Tucker
British Industry in 1767: Extracts from a Travel Journal of Joseph Banks, S. R. Broadbridge
Water, Stampers and Paper in the Auvergne: A Medieval Tradition, Richard L. Hills
The Contributors
Contents of Former Volumes
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
A. Rupert Hall (1920-2009) was Professor of the History of Science and Technology at Imperial College, London and a former director of the Wellcome Trust. He wrote widely on the history of science and edited and translated numerous unpublished works by scientists including Isaac Newton.
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 Man and Water: A History of Hydro-Technology and A History of Dams.