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History of Technology Volume 26
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The technical problems confronting different societies and periods and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. It deals with the history of technical discovery and change and explores the relationship of technology to other aspects of life - social, cultural and economic - and shows how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred.
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Yes, you can access History of Technology Volume 26 by Ian Inkster in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Science History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- The Contributors
- Notes for Contributors
- Making Things from New Ideas
- The Twenty-One Books of Engines and Machines Attributed to Pedro Juan de Lastanosa
- Richard Roberts' Contributions to Production Engineering
- Promoting British Aviation in 1950s Cinema
- Special Issue: Engineering Disasters
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Maritime Disasters and the Law
- 3. Suspension Bridges
- 4. The Causes of the Great Sheffield Flood of 1864
- 5. Semiconductor Manufacture and Chemical Contamination within Silicon Valley
- 6. Gunpowder: A Capricious and Unmerciful Thing
- 7. Engineering Disasters: Thoughts of a Factory Inspector
- 8. Fatigue as a Factor in Aeronautical Disasters
- 9. Design Compromises in the Space Shuttle
- 10. Past and Future Bridge Failures
- Former Volumes