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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. Volumes contain technical articles ranging widely in subject, time and region, as well as general papers on the history of technology. In addition to dealing with the history of technical discovery and change, History of Technology also explores the relations 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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Preface
Technology Transfer Under Conditions of War: German Aero-technology in Japan During the Second World War,
Hans-Joachim BraunUsing the Early Slide-rest,
Vernard Foley, with Susan Canganelli, John Connor and David RaderThe Origins and Worldwide Spread of Warren-truss Bridges in the Mid-nineteenth Century. Part 1. Origins and Early Examples in the UK,
J. G. JamesThe Rotary Aero Engine,
Andrew NahumAn Historian's Judgments About the Thames Embankment,
Dale H. PorterMore Than an Idea Whose Time Has Come: The Beginnings of Steel Freight Cars,
John H. WhiteThe Acceptance of Continuous Brakes on Railways in Britain,
Ian R. WinshipThe Contributors
Contents of Former Volumes
Info autore
Norman A. F. Smith (1938-2009)
was Reader in the History of Science and Technology at Imperial College, London. He is the author of several works including
A History of Dams (P. Davies, 1971)
and
Man and Water: A History of Hydro-Technology (Scribner, 1975)
