Victorian Science And Engineering Portrayed In The Illustrated London News
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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.
The Idea Of Greater Britain
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Author : Duncan Bell
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2011-04-17
The Idea Of Greater Britain written by Duncan Bell and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-17 with Political Science categories.
During the tumultuous closing decades of the nineteenth century, as the prospect of democracy loomed and as intensified global economic and strategic competition reshaped the political imagination, British thinkers grappled with the question of how best to organize the empire. Many found an answer to the anxieties of the age in the idea of Greater Britain, a union of the United Kingdom and its settler colonies in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and southern Africa. In The Idea of Greater Britain, Duncan Bell analyzes this fertile yet neglected debate, examining how a wide range of thinkers conceived of this vast "Anglo-Saxon" political community. Their proposals ranged from the fantastically ambitious--creating a globe-spanning nation-state--to the practical and mundane--reinforcing existing ties between the colonies and Britain. But all of these ideas were motivated by the disquiet generated by democracy, by challenges to British global supremacy, and by new possibilities for global cooperation and communication that anticipated today's globalization debates. Exploring attitudes toward the state, race, space, nationality, and empire, as well as highlighting the vital theoretical functions played by visions of Greece, Rome, and the United States, Bell illuminates important aspects of late-Victorian political thought and intellectual life.
The Illustrated London News
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1863
The Illustrated London News written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1863 with London (England) categories.
British Engineers And Africa 1875 1914
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Author : Casper Andersen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-10-06
British Engineers And Africa 1875 1914 written by Casper Andersen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-06 with History categories.
Using a wide range of primary sources that include correspondence, diaries, technical reports, institutional minutes and periodicals, Andersen reconstructs the networks and activities of Britain’s engineers while focusing on London as a centre of imperial expansion.
Various And Ingenious Machines Volume Two Manufacturing And Weapons Technology
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Author : Bryan Lawton
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-04-17
Various And Ingenious Machines Volume Two Manufacturing And Weapons Technology written by Bryan Lawton and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-17 with History categories.
This two-volume work describes the pre-industrial history of mechanical engineering and covers power generation, transport, manufacturing, and weapons technology. Important items are discussed in each section and performance data are presented in easily understood graphical format using over 800 illustrations. The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004136090).
Francis Watkins And The Dollond Telescope Patent Controversy
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Author : Brian Gee
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-15
Francis Watkins And The Dollond Telescope Patent Controversy written by Brian Gee and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-15 with History categories.
Francis Watkins was an eminent figure in his field of mathematical and optical instrument making in mid-eighteenth century London. Working from original documents, Brian Gee has uncovered the life and times of an optical instrument maker, who - at first glance - was not among the most prominent in his field. In fact, because Francis Watkins came from a landed background, the diversification of his assets enabled him to weather particular business storms - discussed in this book - where colleagues without such an economic cushion, were pushed into bankruptcy or forced to emigrate. He played an important role in one of the most significant legal cases to touch this profession, namely the patenting of the achromatic lens in telescopes. The book explains Watkins's origins, and how and why he was drawn into partnership with the famous Dollond firm, who at that point were Huguenot incomers. The patent for the achromatic telescope has never been satisfactorily explained in the literature, and the author has gone back to the original legal documents, never before consulted. He teases out the problems, lays out the evidence, and comes to some interesting new conclusions, showing the Dollonds as hard-headed and ruthless businessmen, ultimately extremely successful. The latter part of the book accounts for the successors of Francis Watkins, and their decline after over a century of successful business in central London.
Victorian Perceptions Of Renaissance Architecture
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Author : Katherine Wheeler
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-05
Victorian Perceptions Of Renaissance Architecture written by Katherine Wheeler and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-05 with Art categories.
In the mid-1880s The Builder, an influential British architectural journal, published an article characterizing Renaissance architecture as a corrupt bastardization of the classical architecture of Greece and Rome. By the turn of the century, however, the same journal praised the Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi as the ?Christopher Columbus of modern architecture.? Victorian Perceptions of Renaissance Architecture, 1850-1914 examines these conflicting characterizations and reveals how the writing of architectural history was intimately tied to the rise of the professional architect and the formalization of architectural education in late nineteenth-century Britain. Drawing on a broad range of evidence, including literary texts, professional journals, university curricula, and census records, Victorian Perceptions reframes works by seminal authors such as John Ruskin, Walter Pater, John Addington Symonds, and Geoffrey Scott alongside those by architect-authors such as William J. Anderson and Reginald Blomfield within contemporary architectural debates. Relevant for architectural historians, as well as literary scholars and those in Victorian studies, Victorian Perceptions reassesses the history of Renaissance architecture within the formation of a modern, British architectural profession.
Fire In The Sky
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Author : Roberta J. M. Olson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1999-11-13
Fire In The Sky written by Roberta J. M. Olson and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-11-13 with Art categories.
An accessible and interesting presentation of the diverse range of historical material about comets.
Meat Commerce And The City
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Author : Robyn S Metcalfe
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-10-06
Meat Commerce And The City written by Robyn S Metcalfe and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-06 with Business & Economics categories.
This study examines the struggle between Smithfield market's supporters and detractors and argues that this demonstrates a major shift in the way the urban landscape came to be used.
A Philatelic Ramble Through Chemistry
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Author : Edgar Heilbronner
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2004-03
A Philatelic Ramble Through Chemistry written by Edgar Heilbronner and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
This is not a history of chemistry which uses stamps instead of the usual illustrations, but a collection of short essays and comments on such chemistry as can be found on postage stamps and other philatelic items. In other words, the choice of topics is dictated by the philatelic material available, with the necessary consequence that important parts of chemical history will be missing for the simple reason that they have not found their way onto postage stamps. Thus, the reader may find detailed comments on lesser known chemists, such as Wilhelm August Lampadius who has been honoured with two stamps by the German Post Office, but hardly anything on such luminaries as Robert Bunsen, who have not been deemed worthy of a commemorative issue.