John Wilkinson
Author: Norbert C. Soldon
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780889464506
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John Wilkinson, 1728-1808
Author: Norbert C. Soldon
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 450
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Soldon (history, West Chester U.) gives a detailed biography of a major entrepreneur of the industrial revolution who worked with blast furnaces, steam engines, iron bridges, canons, and cylinders. The work covers family origins, the building of an iron empire, diffusion of Wilkinson's technology to Europe, mineral investments, contemporary opinion of Wilkinson, and the Wilkinson legacy. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Trailblazing Georgians
Author: Mike Rendell
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Published: 2020-03-20
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 1473886120
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Other books deal with the men under the spotlight of fame – the ‘lead singers’ of the Industrial Revolution. What this book tries to do is to focus on the ‘other boys in the band’ – the less famous inventors, artists, engineers and industrialists who played their part in the enormous changes that occurred in the eighteenth century. You will not find James Watt, Josiah Wedgwood or Richard Arkwright – they have hogged the limelight long enough. Instead, you will meet the men who made their mark and then faded into obscurity – the man who came up with Sheffield Plate (Boulsover) and helped bring silver decorative ware into the reach of the general public; the man who heralded the development of costume jewellery by using an alloy resembling gold (Pinchbeck); the men who used papier-mache strong enough to make chairs, and versatile enough to make lacquer-ware as fine as anything found in China (Baskerville and Clay). It is a book about scientists and engineers operating in areas which were completely new – Smeaton in civil engineering, Maudslay in machine tool manufacture, Repton in landscape gardening and Bakewell in the selective breeding of animals. It is also about entertainers like Astley, who introduced variety acts into circus performances – the forerunner of modern mass entertainment. It features J.J. Merlin, a clockmaker who inspired the young Babbage to develop an interest in the field of computing. These artists, scientists, inventors and industrialists all feature because, by some quirk of fate, they have never received the acclaim which they deserve.
Structural Iron 1750–1850
Author: R.J.M. Sutherland
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-12-05
Total Pages: 473
ISBN-13: 1351897403
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book deals with the period when iron became the dominant ’high-technology’ material, increasingly taking over from timber and masonry. It was necessary for the engines and machines of the new industries, but equally vital for the vast civil engineering works which supported this industrialisation. It was these works - mills, warehouses, dockyards, and above all bridges - which so impressed the public in the early 19th century. The papers selected here trace the evolving structural uses of cast and wrought iron in frames and roofs for buildings, and look in particular at the development of bridge design and construction, in America, France, and Russia, as well as in Britain. They cover the processes of design and testing, and at the same time throw much light on the attitudes and careers of the engineers themselves.
Who's who in Early Hanoverian Britain, 1714-1789
Author: G. R. R. Treasure
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 550
ISBN-13: 9780811716437
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Profiles historically significant men and women who lived in Britain during the reigns of George I, II and III.
Free and Public
Author: Ralph A. Griffiths
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Published: 2021-06-15
Total Pages: 174
ISBN-13: 1786837757
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A study of the thirty-five Carnegie libraries built in towns and industrial communities in Wales before the First World War. The library system is in a transformative phase that attracts much attention; these Carnegie buildings have never been fully recorded, and some are in critical condition. This book illustrates their social, cultural and architectural significance, and how they reflect Carnegie’s extraordinary philanthropic vision. It reviews the free and public library system in Wales and Great Britain from the first Public Libraries Act of 1850, followed by an account of Carnegie’s career as ‘the richest man in the world’ and the importance he attached to promoting libraries for all, regardless of age and gender. The haphazard development of public libraries in the nineteenth century is the context in which Carnegie’s links with Wales are noted, along with the circles in which he moved in Britain. The largest section discusses the libraries’ locations, sites and patrons, and the buildings themselves. It concludes with Carnegie’s legacy in Wales, not least the role of his UK Trust in the county library movement after 1911.
Jet Web
Author: Dietrich Eckardt
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2023-02-03
Total Pages: 748
ISBN-13: 3658385316
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The present book describes the development history of turbojet engines, mainly in the web-type triangle Great Britain (USA) - Germany - Switzerland from early beginnings in the 1920s up to the first practical usage in the 1950s, before the still unbroken, grand impact of aero propulsion technology on global air traffic started. interconnections are highlighted, including the considerable impact of axial-flow compressor design know-how of the Swiss/German company BBC Brown Boveri & Cie. on both sides. The author reveals significant undercurrents which led to a considerable exchange, and thus change in understanding of the technical-historical perspective, especially in the decisive years before WWII, and thus closes gaps in the unilateral views of this ground-breaking technical advancement. The old ‘Whittle vs. von Ohain Saga’ is not repeated in full, but addressed in sufficient detail to understand the considerably enlarged narrative scope.
People and Industries
Author: W.H. Chaloner
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-01-10
Total Pages: 158
ISBN-13: 1351247247
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Dr Chaloner considers economic history to be a branch of what the French call the historical sciences and believes that it is impossible to treat usefully of the rise, decline and metamorphosis of industries and economics without some consideration of the part played by the efforts of individual men and women in these processes. In this collection of essays, first published in 1963, he provides biographies of certain entrepreneurs, inventors and engineers together with historical surveys of some vital industries.
Rethinking the Industrial Revolution
Author: Michael Andrew Žmolek
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2013-08-19
Total Pages: 935
ISBN-13: 9004251790
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Rethinking the Industrial Revolution: Five Centuries of Transition from Agrarian to Industrial Capitalism in England, Michael Andrew Žmolek offers the first in-depth study of the evolution of English manufacturing from the feudal and early modern periods within the context of the development of agrarian capitalism. With an emphasis on the relationship between Parliament and working Britons, this work challenges readers to 'rethink' the common perception of the role of the state in the first industrial revolution as essentially passive. The work chronicles how a long train of struggles led by artisans resisting efforts by employers to transform production along capitalist lines, prompted employers to appeal to the state to suppress this resistance by coercion.
The Personality of Henry Cavendish - A Great Scientist with Extraordinary Peculiarities
Author: Russell McCormmach
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2014-03-11
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13: 3319024388
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Profiles the eminent 18th century natural philosopher Henry Cavendish, best known for his work in chemistry and physics and one of the most baffling personalities in the history of science. In these chapters we are introduced to the psychology of science and of scientists and we learn about Cavendish’s life and times. His personality is examined from two perspectives: one is that he had a less severe form of autism, as has been claimed; the other is that he was eccentric and a psychological disorder was absent. Henry Cavendish lived a life of science, possibly more completely than any other figure in the history of science: a wealthy aristocrat, he became a dedicated scientist. This study brings new information and a new perspective to our understanding of the man. The scientific and non-scientific sides of his life are brought closer together, as the author traces topics including his appearance, speech, wealth, religion and death as well as Cavendish’s life of natural philosophy where objectivity and accuracy, writing and recognition all played a part. The author traces aspects of Cavendish’s personality, views and interpretations of him, and explores notions of eccentricity and autism before detailing relevant aspects of the travels made by our subject. The author considers the question “How do we talk about Cavendish?” and provides a useful summary of Cavendish’s travels. This book will appeal to a wide audience, from those interested in 18th century history or history of science, to those interested in incidences of autism in prominent figures from history. This volume contains ample relevant illustrations, several interesting appendices and it includes a useful index and bibliography.
