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 - showing how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred.
Table of Contents
Standards, trust and civil discourse - measuring the thickness and quality of silk, Carlo Poni; technological transfer between politics, markets and culture - frame work knitting versus hand knitting in the Southern Netherlands, 17th to 18th centuries, Harald Deceular; a philosophical business - Edward Nairne's electrical career and the patent medical electrical machine (1782), Paola Bertucci; innovation or emulation? silverware and its imitations in Britain 1750-1800 - the consumer's point of view, Helen Clifford; technology and the labour process - a comparison of British railway companies' approaches to locomotive construction before 1914, D.K. Drummond; the Kumaon iron works - a colonial technology project, Jan af Geijerstam; learning by the book - the problems of writing instruction in manual skills, Ghillian and Russell Potts; civilized adventure as a remedy for nervous times - early automobilism and fin de siecle culture, Gijs Moms; chronicle of the death of a laboratory - Douglas Engelbart and the failure of the knowledge workshop, Thierry Bardini and Michael Friedewald.
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 - showing how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred.
Table of Contents
Standards, trust and civil discourse - measuring the thickness and quality of silk, Carlo Poni; technological transfer between politics, markets and culture - frame work knitting versus hand knitting in the Southern Netherlands, 17th to 18th centuries, Harald Deceular; a philosophical business - Edward Nairne's electrical career and the patent medical electrical machine (1782), Paola Bertucci; innovation or emulation? silverware and its imitations in Britain 1750-1800 - the consumer's point of view, Helen Clifford; technology and the labour process - a comparison of British railway companies' approaches to locomotive construction before 1914, D.K. Drummond; the Kumaon iron works - a colonial technology project, Jan af Geijerstam; learning by the book - the problems of writing instruction in manual skills, Ghillian and Russell Potts; civilized adventure as a remedy for nervous times - early automobilism and fin de siecle culture, Gijs Moms; chronicle of the death of a laboratory - Douglas Engelbart and the failure of the knowledge workshop, Thierry Bardini and Michael Friedewald.
Editorial
List of Contributors
1. Standards, Trust and Civil Discourse: Measuring the Thickness
and Quality of Silk, Carlo Poni, University of Bologna
2. Technological Transfer between Politics, Markets and Culture:
Frame Work Knitting versus Hand Kniting in the Southern
Netherlands, 17th to 18th Centuries, Harald Deceular
3. A Philosophical Business: Edward Nairne's Electrical Career and
the Patent Medical Electrical Machine (1782), Paola Bertucci,
University of Bologna
4. Innovation or Emulation? Silverware and its Imitations in
Britain 1750-1800: The Consumers Point of View, Helen Clifford,
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
5. Technology and the Labour Process:: A Comparison of British
Railway Companies' Approaches to Locomotive Construction Before
1914, D. K. Drummond, University of Leeds
6. The Kumaon Iron Works: A Colonial Technology Project, Jan Af
Geijerstam
7. Learning by the Book: The Problems of Writing Instruction in
Manual Skills, Ghillian and Russell Potts
8. Civilized Adventure as a Remedy for Nervous Times: Early
Automobilism and fin de siecle Culture, Gijs Moms, Technical
University Eindhoven
9. Chronicle of the Death of a Laboratory: Douglas Engelbart and
the Failure of the Knowledge Workshop, Thierry Bardini, University
of Montreal and Michael Friedewald, Fraunhofer Institute for
Systems and Innovation Research, Karlsruhe
Contents of former volumes
Ian Inkster is Professorial Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK.
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