* 22 sections cover the entire field of the history of technology and each section summarises the development of its subject from the earliest times to the present day
* 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 Supplement
`The coverage is excellent ... a most valuable single-volume source which for its comprehensiveness and ease of reference will earn its place in both specialist and general reference collections.' - Reference Reviews
`Informative and comprehensive, remarkable in its coverage ... covers every aspect of technology from the Stone Age to the Space Age ... will undoubtedly help readers to get a grip on and feel of an enormous range of subjects ... An invaluable and practical addition to most office bookshelves or libraries.' - New Civil Engineer
`The authors represented in this book are to be congratulated for their readable and reliable surveys of the past and present status of the major areas where mankind has harnessed science for the production of useful products and processes.' - Choice
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Ian McNeil is Rolt Research Fellow at the University of Bath and former Executive Secretary of the Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology.
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1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 1062 pp.: illustrations. Contents; Introduction: Basic tools, devices and mechanisms / Ian McNeil -- Part one: Materials -- Non-ferrous metals / A.S. Darling -- Ferrous metals / W.K.V. Gale -- The chemical and allied industries / Lance Day -- Part two: Power and engineering -- Water, wind and animal power / J. Kenneth Major -- Steam and internal combustion engines / E.F.C. Somerscales -- Electricity / Brian Bowers -- Engineering, methods of manufacture and production / A.K. Corry -- Part three: Transport -- Roads, bridges and vehicles / Ian McNeil -- Inland waterways / John Boyes -- Ports and shipping / A.W.H. Pearsall -- Rail / P.J.G. Ransom -- Aeronautics / J.A. Bagley -- Spaceflight / John Griffiths -- Part four: Communication and calculation -- Language, writing, printing and graphic arts / Lance Day -- Information: timekeeping, computing, telecommunications and audiovisual technologies / Herbert Ohlman -- Part five: Technology and society -- Agriculture: the production and preservation of food and drink / Andrew Patterson -- Textiles and clothing / Richard Hills -- Building and architecture / Doreen Yarwood -- The domestic interior: technology and the home / Doreen Yarwood -- Public utilities / R.A. Buchanan -- Weapons and armour / Charles Messenger. Subjects; Technology History. Military Equipment. Manufacturing industries. Transportation. Metals. Engineering. Electric power generation. Construction industry. 3 Kg. Artikel-Nr. 388600
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Gebunden. Zustand: New. Ian McNeil is Rolt Research Fellow at the University of Bath and former Executive Secretary of the Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology.* 22 sections cover the entire field of the history of. Artikel-Nr. 594619616
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This one-of-a-kind encyclopedia presents the entire field of technology--from rudimentary agricultural tools to communication satellites--in this first-of-its-kind reference source. Following an introduction that discusses basic tools, devices, and mechanisms, the chapters are grouped into five parts that provide detailed information on materials, power and engineering, transportation, communication and calculation, and technology and society, revealing how different technologies have together evolved to produce enormous changes in the course of history. Each chapter summarizes the development of a particular technology emphasizing its relation to the social context of the time as well as its place in current scientific thought. Artikel-Nr. 9780415013062
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