J.C. Fischer and his Diary of Industrial England

J.C. Fischer and his Diary of Industrial England PDF

Author: W.O. Henderson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1136613668

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This book was first published in 1966. It was surprising that so small and so remote a country as Switzerland should have played such an important part in the industrial revolution on the Continent in the nineteenth century. A lack of natural resources and basic raw materials and population of 1,687,000 in 1817, faraway trade ports, and until 1848 no real central government with the administrative structure to support expansion of manufacturers. However, the people were hardworking, thrifty and high standards of workmanship; and had good relations with France and Germany, which saw the watchmakers, silkweavers and chocolate crafters start to thrive. Johann Conrad Fischer was typical of the entrepreneurs who laid the foundations of Switzerland's prosperity with his steelworks.

Science and Technology in the Industrial Revolution

Science and Technology in the Industrial Revolution PDF

Author: Albert Edward Musson

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13: 9782881243820

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Concentrating on the Industrial Revolution as experienced in Great Britain (and, within that sphere, mainly on the early development of the engineering and chemical industries), the authors develop the thesis that the interaction between theorists and men of practical affairs was much closer, more complex and more consequential than some historians of science have held it to be. Deeply researched, gracefully argued and fully documented. First published in 1969, and established now as a "classic" in the field, the present edition has a new foreword by Margaret C. Jacob. (NW) Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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