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Science and Technology in the Industrial Revolution

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Manchester University Press, 1969 - Great Britain - 534 pages
  

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Contents

Scientific Prelude to the Industrial Revolution
10
The Diffusion of Technology in Great Britain during
60
The Early Growth of Steam Power
65
EH Science and Industry in the Late Eighteenth Century
87
The Growth of MassProduction Engineering
114
The Derby Philosophical Society
190
Training Captains of Industry
200
The International Exchange of Men and Machines 1750
221
Early Industrial Chemists
231
Abbreviations
249
The Introduction of Chlorine Bleaching
251
Chemical Developments in Dyeing
338
The Profession of Civil Engineer in the Eighteenth Century
372
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TitleScience and Technology in the Industrial Revolution
Classics in the history and philosophy of science
AuthorsA. Albert Edward Musson, Eric Robinson
PublisherManchester University Press, 1969
ISBN0719003709, 9780719003707
Length534 pages
  
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