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A Victorian Scientist And Engineer
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Author : Gillian Cookson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-10-19
A Victorian Scientist And Engineer written by Gillian Cookson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-19 with History categories.
This title was first published in 2000: In a life of only 52 years, Fleeming Jenkin established his reputation as a pioneer in the new world of electrical engineering, known for his work on undersea telegraphs and later on the electrical transportation system known as telpherage. Equally at ease in the realms of theory and practice, from 1850 until his death in 1885 Jenkin engaged in every field of Victorian engineering. As a young adult he worked on intercontinental submarine telegraphy, the cutting edge technology of its day which was inextricably bound to the new science of electricity. Jenkin was both a scientist and an engineer, a prototype of the modern experimental research engineer. He was also a distinguished academic, professor of engineering in the University of Edinburgh, admired as an inspired and innovative teacher, and for his interest in the philosophical tenets underpinning his subject. Yet in spite of his influence as an early electrical engineer and his other intellectual achievements, despite the celebrity of his associates - Robert Louis Stevenson, Mrs Gaskell and leading engineers of the day were among his close friends - and the way that submarine telegraphs seized the Victorian popular imagination, Jenkin himself has remained an obscure figure. He deserves to be better known. The story of Jenkin is of a life lived to the full. It illuminates many aspects of Victorian intellectual society, and of the organisation of science and engineering in his time. The central purpose of this biography is to show Jenkin’s achievements in engineering and in other fields, and to judge his significance in these diverse activities.
A Vision Of Modern Science
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Author : U. DeYoung
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2011-03-28
A Vision Of Modern Science written by U. DeYoung and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-28 with Science categories.
An examination of a pivotal moment in the history of science through the career and cultural impact of the historically neglected Victorian physicist John Tyndall, establishing him as an important figure of the period, whose scientific discoveries and philosophy of science in society are still relevant today.
Victorian Science And Engineering Portrayed In The Illustrated London News
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Author : Kenneth Chew
language : en
Publisher: Sutton Pub Limited
Release Date : 1993
Victorian Science And Engineering Portrayed In The Illustrated London News written by Kenneth Chew and has been published by Sutton Pub Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
Reflecting an age of enormous advances in science, engineering and technology, the illustrations reproduced here cover triumphs, disasters and developments of the period -- such as the launch of the SS Great Britain, the Tay Bridge disaster and the invention of the telephone and phonograph -- from the pages of the Illustrated London News.
Victorian Engineering
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Author : L. T. C. Rolt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
Victorian Engineering written by L. T. C. Rolt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with History categories.
James Watt Chemist
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Author : David Philip Miller
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Release Date : 2009-06-15
James Watt Chemist written by David Philip Miller and has been published by University of Pittsburgh Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-15 with Science categories.
In the Victorian era, James Watt became an iconic engineer, but in his own time he was also an influential chemist. Miller examines Watt’s illustrious engineering career in light of his parallel interest in chemistry, arguing that Watt’s conception of steam engineering relied upon chemical understandings. Part I of the book—Representations—examines the way James Watt has been portrayed over time, emphasizing sculptural, pictorial and textual representations from the nineteenth century. As an important contributor to the development of arguably the most important technology of industrialization, Watt became a symbol that many groups of thinkers were anxious to claim. Part II—Realities—focuses on reconstructing the unsung "chemical Watt" instead of the lionized engineer.
Scientific Studies Or Practical In Contrast With Chimerical Pursuits
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Author : Henry Dircks
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-06-13
Scientific Studies Or Practical In Contrast With Chimerical Pursuits written by Henry Dircks and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-13 with Science categories.
Scientific Studies; or, Practical, in Contrast with Chimerical Pursuits is a work by Henry Dircks. Dircks was a civil engineer an historian of technology, here presenting Edward Somerset, inventor of the steam engine.
Public Understanding Of Science
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Author : David Knight
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006-10-16
Public Understanding Of Science written by David Knight and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-16 with History categories.
First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Science Of Energy
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Author : Crosbie Smith
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1999-02-26
The Science Of Energy written by Crosbie Smith and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-02-26 with Science categories.
Although we take it for granted today, the concept of "energy" transformed nineteenth-century physics. In The Science of Energy, Crosbie Smith shows how a North British group of scientists and engineers, including James Joule, James Clerk Maxwell, William and James Thomson, Fleeming Jenkin, and P. G. Tait, developed energy physics to solve practical problems encountered by Scottish shipbuilders and marine engineers; to counter biblical revivalism and evolutionary materialism; and to rapidly enhance their own scientific credibility. Replacing the language and concepts of classical mechanics with terms such as "actual" and "potential" energy, the North British group conducted their revolution in physics so astutely and vigorously that the concept of "energy"—a valuable commodity in the early days of industrialization—became their intellectual property. Smith skillfully places this revolution in its scientific and cultural context, exploring the actual creation of scientific knowledge during one of the most significant episodes in the history of physics.
Science In Victorian Manchester
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Author : Kargon, Robert H.
language : en
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
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Engineering Empires
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Author : B. Marsden
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2004-12-07
Engineering Empires written by B. Marsden and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-12-07 with Science categories.
Engineers are empire-builders. Watt, Brunel, and others worked to build and expand personal and business empires of material technology and in so doing these engineers also became active agents of political and economic empire. This book provides a fascinating exploration of the cultural construction of the large-scale technologies of empire.