Victorian Engineering

Author : Gillian Cookson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351788361
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Victorian Scientist and Engineer written by Gillian Cookson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chemical Engineering and Mining Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : L. T. C. Rolt
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victorian Engineering written by L. T. C. Rolt and published by History Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful insight into the men and machines that built modern Britain

Author : Sally Mitchell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136716173
Total Pages : 1014 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victorian Britain (Routledge Revivals) written by Sally Mitchell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-08-06 with total page 1014 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1988, this encyclopedia serves as an overview and point of entry to the complex interdisciplinary field of Victorian studies. The signed articles, which cover persons, events, institutions, topics, groups and artefacts in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901, have been written by authorities in the field and contain bibliographies to provide guidelines for further research. The work is intended for undergraduates and the general reader, and also as a starting point for graduates who wish to explore new fields.

Author : Sally Mitchell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415668514
Total Pages : 1014 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victorian Britain written by Sally Mitchell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011 with total page 1014 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1988, this encyclopedia serves as an overview and point of entry to the complex interdisciplinary field of Victorian studies. The signed articles, which cover persons, events, institutions, topics, groups and artefacts in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901, have been written by authorities in the field and contain bibliographies to provide guidelines for further research. The work is intended for undergraduates and the general reader, and also as a starting point for graduates who wish to explore new fields.

Author : Herbert Sussman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313082855
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victorian Technology written by Herbert Sussman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-07-23 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enlightening history of 19th-century technology, focusing on the connections between invention and cultural values. Victorian Technology: Invention, Innovation, and the Rise of the Machine captures the extraordinary surge of energy and invention that catapulted 19th-century England into the position of the world's first industrialized nation. It was an astonishing transformation, one that shaped—and was shaped by—the values of the Victorian era, and that laid the groundwork for the consumer-based society in which we currently live. Filled with vivid details and fascinating insights into the impact of the Industrial Revolution on peoples' lives, Victorian Technology locates the forerunners of the defining technologies of the our time in 19th-century England: the computer, the Internet, mass transit, and mass communication. Readers will encounter the innovative thinkers and entrepreneurs behind history-making breakthroughs in communications (the transatlantic cable, wireless communication), mass production (the integrated factory), transportation (railroads, gliders, automobiles), and more.

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Total Pages : 472 pages
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Download or read book Mining and Chemical Engineering Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Public Library, Museums, and National Gallery (Vic.)
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Total Pages : 352 pages
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Download or read book Catalogue of Current Periodicals Received at the Public Library of Victoria written by Public Library, Museums, and National Gallery (Vic.) and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 564 pages
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Download or read book Engineering written by and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 658 pages
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