People and Industries

Informationen zum Autor W.H. Chaloner Zusammenfassung Dr Chaloner considers economic history to be a branch of what the French call the historical sciences. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1. People Sir Thomas Lombe (1685-1739) and the British Silk Industry. John Wilkinson, Ironmaster (1728-1808). The Canal Duke: Francis Egerton, Third Duke of Bridgewater (1736-1803). Samuel Crompton (1753-1827), the Inventor of the Spinning Mule. The Cartwright Brothers: Their Contribution to the Woollen Industry. McAdam the Roadmaker (1756-1836). Thomas Telford (1757-1834) and his Bridges. The Stephensons, Father and Son. Sir Henry Bessener (1813-98) and the Coming of Cheap Steel. Ludwig and Alfred Mond (1839-1930). Part 2. Industries The History of Paper. The Canning Industry. The History of Telecommunications. Bricks in the Building of Britain. The History of Cement. The Early History of Gas in Britain. The History of the Rubber Industry.

Product details

• Authors: Chaloner, W. H. Chaloner, W.H. Chaloner
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9780815371168
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-7116-8
• No. of pages: 162
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Industrial Economics; Routledge Library Editions: Industrial Economics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Business; Business & Economics / General, Collected biographies, Biography: business & industry, Business and Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, United Kingdom, Great Britain, History of engineering and technology, History of engineering & technology, Biography: business and industry, Inventions & inventors, Inventions and inventors, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Industrialisation and industrial history