Author: Olinthus Gregory
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Category : Mechanical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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The Eclectic Review
Author: Samuel Greatheed
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Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Languages : en
Pages : 496
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The Christian Observer
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 924
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 924
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The Life and Legend of James Watt
Author: David Philip Miller
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822986795
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
The Life and Legend of James Wattoffers a deeper understanding of the work and character of the great eighteenth-century engineer. Stripping away layers of legend built over generations, David Philip Miller finds behind the heroic engineer a conflicted man often diffident about his achievements but also ruthless in protecting his inventions and ideas, and determined in pursuit of money and fame. A skilled and creative engineer, Watt was also a compulsive experimentalist drawn to natural philosophical inquiry, and a chemistry of heat underlay much of his work, including his steam engineering. But Watt pursued the business of natural philosophy in a way characteristic of his roots in the Scottish “improving” tradition that was in tension with Enlightenment sensibilities. As Miller demonstrates, Watt’s accomplishments relied heavily on collaborations, not always acknowledged, with business partners, employees, philosophical friends, and, not least, his wives, children, and wider family. The legend created in his later years and “afterlife” claimed too much of nineteenth-century technology for Watt, but that legend was, and remains, a powerful cultural force.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822986795
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
The Life and Legend of James Wattoffers a deeper understanding of the work and character of the great eighteenth-century engineer. Stripping away layers of legend built over generations, David Philip Miller finds behind the heroic engineer a conflicted man often diffident about his achievements but also ruthless in protecting his inventions and ideas, and determined in pursuit of money and fame. A skilled and creative engineer, Watt was also a compulsive experimentalist drawn to natural philosophical inquiry, and a chemistry of heat underlay much of his work, including his steam engineering. But Watt pursued the business of natural philosophy in a way characteristic of his roots in the Scottish “improving” tradition that was in tension with Enlightenment sensibilities. As Miller demonstrates, Watt’s accomplishments relied heavily on collaborations, not always acknowledged, with business partners, employees, philosophical friends, and, not least, his wives, children, and wider family. The legend created in his later years and “afterlife” claimed too much of nineteenth-century technology for Watt, but that legend was, and remains, a powerful cultural force.
Revolution in Measurement
Author: Ronald Edward Zupko
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9780871691866
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Zupco presents the legacies of the Middle Ages to the pioneering reformers of the Scientific Revolution; the monumental impact of math, physics, chemistry, astronomy, & technology on modern metrology; the creations, struggles, & successes of the Metric System; & the intense battles between metrics & customary metrologies that have waged since the end of the 18th cent. Includes insights into the personalities involved in metrological events: scientists, technologists, bureaucrats, ministers, members of scientific soc., & shows the impact of scientific experimentation & social revolutions. Includes a comprehensive biblio. of European metrology & the sources relevant to the underpinnings for this period in weights & measures history. Illus.
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9780871691866
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Zupco presents the legacies of the Middle Ages to the pioneering reformers of the Scientific Revolution; the monumental impact of math, physics, chemistry, astronomy, & technology on modern metrology; the creations, struggles, & successes of the Metric System; & the intense battles between metrics & customary metrologies that have waged since the end of the 18th cent. Includes insights into the personalities involved in metrological events: scientists, technologists, bureaucrats, ministers, members of scientific soc., & shows the impact of scientific experimentation & social revolutions. Includes a comprehensive biblio. of European metrology & the sources relevant to the underpinnings for this period in weights & measures history. Illus.
A Treatise of Mechanics, Theoretical, Practical, and Descriptive
Author: Olinthus Gregory
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Category : Mechanical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Publisher:
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Category : Mechanical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Worcesteriana: a Collection of Literary Authorities
Author: Henry Dircks
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Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 308
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A Treatise of Mechanics, Theoretical, Practical, and Descriptive
Author: Olinthus Gregory
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Peregrine in France. A Lounger's Journal, in Familiar Letters to His Friend
Author: Peregrine
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Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Peregrine in France. A Lounger's Journal, in Familiar Letters, Etc
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Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Worcesteriana
Author: Henry Dircks
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752580909
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752580909
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.