The annual collections in the
History of Technologyseries look at the history of technological discovery and change, exploring the relationship of technology to other aspects of life and showing how technological development is affected by the society in which it occurred.
Preface
Technology in History,Jack Simmons
History of Technology in the Teaching of History,R. A. Buchanan
The Role of History in a Civil Engineering Course,P. B. Morice
Sir Proby Cautley (1802-1871), a Pioneer of Indian Irrigation,Joyce Brown
On Knowing, and Knowing how to ...,A. Rupert Hall
Vitruvius and the Elevated Aqueducts,Frank D. Prager
Two Problems in Fuel Technology,James A. Ruffner
The Historical Development of Theories of Wave-Calming using Oil,John C. Scott
The Contributors
A. Rupert Hall(1920-2009) was Professor of the History of Science and Technology at Imperial College, London and a former director of the Wellcome Trust. He wrote widely on the history of science and edited and translated numerous unpublished works by scientists including Isaac Newton.
Norman A. F. Smith(1938-2009) was Reader in the History of Science and Technology at Imperial College, London. He is the author of several works includingMan and Water: A History of Hydro-TechnologyandA History of Dams.
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