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Author : William Matthews
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1827
Category : Gas-lighting
ISBN : DMM:057000021842
Development of gas lighting, comparison of street lighting with gas with lighting in the past, use of a glass photometer, etc.
Author : William Matthews
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 037192216X
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Author : William MATTHEWS (Engineer.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1832
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0021955531
Author : William Matthews
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1827
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600003463
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1318570018
Author : William Matthews
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1832
Category : Gas manufacture and works
ISBN : UCAL:$B243702
Author : William Matthews
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1827
Category : Gas manufacture and works
ISBN : HARVARD:HN1CHN
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1829
Category : English literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005782706
Author : Leslie Tomory
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262300452
An argument that the gas industry was the first integrated large-scale technological network and that it signaled a new wave of industrial innovation. In Progressive Enlightenment, Leslie Tomory examines the origins of the gaslight industry, from invention to consolidation as a large integrated urban network. Tomory argues that gas was the first integrated large-scale technological network, a designation usually given to the railways. He shows how the first gas network was constructed and stabilized through the introduction of new management structures, the use of technical controls, and the application of means to constrain the behavior of the users of gas lighting. Tomory begins by describing the contributions of pneumatic chemistry and industrial distillation to the development of gas lighting, then explores the bifurcation between the Continental and British traditions in distillation technology. He examines the establishment and consolidation of the new industry by the Birmingham firm Boulton & Watt, and describes the deployment of the network strategy by the entrepreneur Frederick Winsor. Tomory argues that the gas industry represented a new wave of technological innovation in industry because of its dependence on formal scientific research, its need for large amounts of capital, and its reliance on business organization beyond small firms and partnerships—all of which signaled a departure from the artisanal nature and limited deployment of inventions earlier in the Industrial Revolution. Gas lighting was the first important realization of the Enlightenment dream of science in the service of industry.
Author : Lance Day,Ian McNeil
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1527 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134650194
This Biographical Dictionary seeks to put the world of technology in the context of those who have made the most important contribution to it. For the first time information has been gathered on the people who have made the most significant advances in technology. From ancient times to the present day, the major inventors, discoverers and entrepreneurs from around the world are profiled, and their contribution to society explained and assessed. Structure The Dictionary presents descriptive and analytical biographies of its subjects in alphabetical order for ease of reference. Each entry provides detailed information on the individual's life, work and relevance to their particular field. * in the first part of the entry, the information will include the dates and places of the subject's birth and death, together with their nationality and their field of activity * in the main body of the entry there follows an account of their principal achievements and their significance in the history of technology, along with full details of appointments and honours * finally an annotated bibliography will direct the reader to the subject's principal writings and publications and to the most important secondary works which the reader can consult for further information. Special Features: * The first work in existence to examine technologists in detail * Contains over 1,500 entries giving detailed information * Extensive cross-references enable the reader to compare subjects and build up a picture of technological advance^ * Figures drawn from fields such as Aeronautics, Telecommunications, Architecture, Photography and Textiles
Author : Chris Otter
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780226640785
During the nineteenth century, Britain became the first gaslit society, with electric lighting arriving in 1878. At the same time, the British government significantly expanded its power to observe and monitor its subjects. How did such enormous changes in the way people saw and were seen affect Victorian culture? To answer that question, Chris Otter mounts an ambitious history of illumination and vision in Britain, drawing on extensive research into everything from the science of perception and lighting technologies to urban design and government administration. He explores how light facilitated such practices as safe transportation and private reading, as well as institutional efforts to collect knowledge. And he contends that, contrary to presumptions that illumination helped create a society controlled by intrusive surveillance, the new radiance often led to greater personal freedom and was integral to the development of modern liberal society. The Victorian Eye’s innovative interdisciplinary approach—and generous illustrations—will captivate a range of readers interested in the history of modern Britain, visual culture, technology, and urbanization.
Author : Wolfgang Schivelbusch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1995-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0520203542
Wolfgang Schivelbusch tells the story of the development of artificial light in the nineteenth century. Not simply a history of a technology, Disenchanted Night reveals the ways that the technology of artificial illumination helped forge modern consciousness. In his strikingly illustrated and lively narrative, Schivelbusch discusses a range of subjects including the political symbolism of streetlamps, the rise of nightlife and the shopwindow, and the importance of the salon in bourgeois culture.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1827
Category : English literature
ISBN : NYPL:33433081672093
Author : Judith Flanders
Publisher : Atlantic Books
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782393788
The idea that "home" is a special place, a separate place, a place where we can be our true selves, is so obvious to us today that we barely pause to think about it. But, as Judith Flanders shows in this revealing book, "home" is a relatively new concept. When in 1900 Dorothy assured the citizens of Oz that "There is no place like home," she was expressing a view that was a culmination of 300 years of economic, physical, and emotional change. In The Making of Home, Flanders traces the evolution of the house across northern Europe and America from the 16th to the early 20th century, and paints a striking picture of how the homes we know today differ from homes through history. The transformation of houses into homes, she argues, was not a private matter, but an essential ingredient in the rise of capitalism and the birth of the Industrial Revolution. Without "home," the modern world as we know it would not exist, and as Flanders charts the development of ordinary household objects—from cutlery, chairs, and curtains, to fitted kitchens, plumbing, and windows—she also peels back the myths that surround some of our most basic assumptions, including our entire notion of what it is that makes a family. As full of fascinating detail as her previous bestsellers, The Making of Home is also a book teeming with original and provocative ideas.
Author : Susan Denham Wade
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780750992947
Eyes were one of the very first body parts to evolve more than 500 million years ago, and their structure has remained virtually unchanged through most of evolutionary history. But eyes alone were never enough for Homo sapiens. From the mastery of fire a million years ago to the smartphone today, humans have repeatedly invented new ways to see their surroundings, each other and themselves. Artificial light, art, mirrors, writing, lenses, printing, photography, film, television, smartphones – these tools didn't just add to our visual repertoire, they shaped cultures around the world and made us who we are. Drawing on sources from anthropology to zoology, neuroscience to Netflix, As Far As the Eye Can See traces the history of seeing from the first evolutionary stirrings of sight and discovers that each time we changed how or what we see, we changed ourselves and the world around us. Along the way, it finds, sight slowly eclipsed our other senses. Are we now at 'peak seeing', the author asks. Can our eyes keep up with technology? Have we gone as far as the eye can see?