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A history of technology, Vol. 4
Charles Joseph Singer and Richard Raper
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Frontmatter
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ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES (page xiii)
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS (page xxxi)
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PART I. PRIMARY PRODUCTION
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1 PART I AGRICULTURE: FARM IMPLEMENTS (OLGA BEAUMONT AND J. W. Y. HIGGS, page 1)
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1 PART II AGRICULTURE: TECHNIQUES OF FARMING (G. E. FUSSELL, page 13)
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2 FISH PRESERVATION (C. L. CUTTING, page 44)
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A NOTE ON WHALING (L. HARRISON MATTHEWS, page 55)
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3 METAL AND COAL MINING, 1750-1875 (J. A. S. RITSON, page 64)
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4 PART I EXTRACTION AND PRODUCTION OF METALS: IRON AND STEEL (H. R. SCHUBERT, page 99)
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4 PART II EXTRACTION AND PRODUCTION OF METALS: NON-FERROUS METALS (F. W. GIBBS, page 118)
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PART II. FORMS OF ENERGY
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5 POWER TO 1850 (R. J. FORBES, page 148)
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6 THE STEAM-ENGINE TO 1830 (H. W. DICKINSON, page 168)
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7 WATERMILLS c 1500-c 1850 (A. STOWERS, page 199)
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PART III. MANUFACTURE
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8 PART I THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY: DEVELOPMENTS IN CHEMICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE (E. J. HOLMYARD, page 214)
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8 PART II THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY: INTERACTION WITH THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (A. AND N. L. CLOW, page 230)
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9 GAS FOR LIGHT AND HEAT (SIR ARTHUR ELTON, BT., page 258)
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10 PART I THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY: MACHINERY FOR COTTON, FLAX, WOOL, 1760-1850 (JULIA de L. MANN, page 277)
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10 PART II THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY: SILK PRODUCTION AND MANUFACTURE, 1750-1900 (W. ENGLISH, page 308)
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11 CERAMICS FROM THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY TO THE RISE OF THE STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES (A. AND N. L. CLOW, page 328)
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12 GLASS (L. M. ANGUS-BUTTERWORTH, page 358)
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13 PRECISION MECHANICS (MAURICE DAUMAS, page 379)
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14 MACHINE-TOOLS (K. R. GILBERT, page 417)
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PART IV. STATIC ENGINEERING
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15 BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION (S. B. HAMILTON, page 442)
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16 PART I SANITARY ENGINEERING: WATER-SUPPLY (J. KENNARD, page 489)
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16 PART II SANITARY ENGINEERING: SANITATION (J. RAWLINSON, page 504)
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PART V. COMMUNICATIONS
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17 ROADS TO c 1900 (R. J. FORBES, page 520)
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18 PART I CANALS: INLAND WATERWAYS OUTSIDE BRITAIN (ROGER PILKINGTON, page 548)
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PART II CANALS: INLAND WATERWAYS OF THE BRITISH ISLES (CHARLES HADFIELD, page 563)
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19 SHIP-BUILDING (GEORGE NAISH, page 574)
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20 CARTOGRAPHY (R. A. SKELTON, page 596)
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21 DREDGING (G. DOORMAN, page 629)
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22 TELEGRAPHY (G. R. M. GARRATT, page 644)
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PART VI. SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF TECHNOLOGY
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23 THE BEGINNINGS OF THE CHANGE FROM CRAFT MYSTERY TO SCIENCE AS A BASIS FOR TECHNOLOGY (A. R. J. P. UBBELOHDE, page 663)
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INDEXES (page 683 )
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PLATES
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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JEH | 19.3 (Sep. 1959): 473-475 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-0507%28195909%2919%3A3%3C473%3AAHOTVI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-T |
AHR | 64.2 (Jan. 1959): 351-353 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28195901%2964%3A2%3C351%3AAHOTVI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-G |
JMH | 33.1 (Mar. 1961): 72-74 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-2801%28196103%2933%3A1%3C72%3AAHOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-5 |
ENHR | 76.298 (Jan. 1961): 84-87 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-8266%28196101%2976%3A298%3C84%3AAHOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-K |
EHR | 11.2 (1958): 363-364 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-0117%281958%292%3A11%3A2%3C363%3AAHOTVI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-T |
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Published: 1954
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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