History of Technology Volume 8 [Hardcover]

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 Technologyalso 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.

Preface

A New Approach to the History of Structural Engineering,W. Addis

The National Association of German-American Technologists and Technology Transfer between Germany and the United States, 1884-1930,Hans-Joachim Braun

Edison in the Mountains: The Magnetic Ore Separation Venture, 1879-1900, W.Bernard Carlson

Samuel Brown: His Influence on the Design of Suspension Bridges,Thomas Day

The Large Roman Water Mill at Barbegal (France),Robert H. J. Sellin

The Use of Gunpowder in Mining: A Document of 1627,G. Hollister-Short

Fermentation Theory and Practice: The Beginnings of Pure Yeast Cultivation and English Brewing, 1883-1913,Mikul?a Teich

Education and Technology in the Industrial Revolution,George Timmons

The Contributors

Contents of Former Volumes

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 includingA History of Dams(P. Davies, 1971)andMan and Water: A History of Hydro-Technology(Scribner, 1975)