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Informationen zum Autor DAVID P. BILLINGTON, Professor of Civil Engineering at Princeton University, is the author of The Tower and the Bridge and Robert Maillart's Bridges: The Art of Engineering, winner of the 1979 Dexter Prize as the outstanding book on the history of technology. Klappentext The Innovators . A richly illustrated introduction to the engineering triumphs that made America modern. Praise for The Tower and the Bridge . "Fascinating and informative...should be required reading for architects, engineers, and anyone who is interested in the special role of structural art in our technological society." -- Myron Goldsmith "David Billington brings the special insight of an engineer to the study of history. The result is a provocative analysis...bound to excite and instruct a wide variety of readers, from the casual buff to the professional scholar. The book is a delight to read." -- Merritt Roe Smith . Zusammenfassung A richly illustrated introduction to the engineering triumphs that made America modern In this age of microchips and deep space probes! it's hard to imagine life before electricity or passenger trains. Inhaltsverzeichnis IRON! STEAM! AND EARLY INDUSTRY! 1776-1855. Modern Engineering and the Transformation of America. Watt! Telford! and the British Beginnings. Fulton's Steamboat and the Mississippi. Lowell and the American Industrial Revolution. Francis and the Industrial Power Network. CROSSING THE CONTINENT! 1830-1883. The Stephensons! Thomson! and the Eastern Railroads. Henry Morse! and the Telegraph. St. Louis versus Chicago and the Continental Railroads. Carnegie and the Climax of Steel. Edison and the Network for Light. The Centennial Revolutions! 1876-1883. Notes and References. Index. Problems.
List of contents
IRON, STEAM, AND EARLY INDUSTRY, 1776-1855.
Modern Engineering and the Transformation of America.
Watt, Telford, and the British Beginnings.
Fulton s Steamboat and the Mississippi.
Lowell and the American Industrial Revolution.
Francis and the Industrial Power Network.
CROSSING THE CONTINENT, 1830-1883.
The Stephensons, Thomson, and the Eastern Railroads.
Henry Morse, and the Telegraph.
St.
Louis versus Chicago and the Continental Railroads.
Carnegie and the Climax of Steel.
Edison and the Network for Light.
The Centennial Revolutions, 1876-1883.
Notes and References.
Index.
Problems.
