History of Technology Volume 16 [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.

Graham Hollister-Shortis an Honorary Lecturer in the History of Technology at Imperial College, London, and a member of the academic staff of the London Centre for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology, University of London.

Frank A.J.L James, Professor of History of Science, The Royal Institution of Great Britain.

Editorial

In Memory of Donald Hill (1922-1994)

The Contributors

Notes for Contributors

Drilling Technology Transfer between North America and the North Sea: The Semi-Submersible Drilling Unit,William J. Pike

The Condeep Concept: The Development and Breakthrough of Concrete Gravity Platforms,Gunnar Nerheim

Edward A. Uehling and the Automatic Pig-Casting Machine: A Case-Study of Technological Transfer,W. David Lewis

The Toledo Water-Clocks of c. 1075,Donald Hill

The Other Side of the Coin: Wood Transport Systems in Pre-Industrial Europe,Graham Hollister-Short

The Blast Furnace and the Mass Production of Armour Plate,Alan Williams

ICOHTEC: Some Informal Personal Reminiscences,Melvin Kranzberg

Hamlet without the Prince: The Strange Death of Technical Skills in Histories,Michael Fores

History of Technology at the German Mining Museum, Bochum,Werner Kroker

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