A Victorian Scientist and Engineer

A Victorian Scientist and Engineer
Title A Victorian Scientist and Engineer PDF eBook
Author Gillian Cookson
Publisher Routledge
Pages 231
Release 2017-10-19
Genre History
ISBN 1351788361

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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.

The Science of Energy

The Science of Energy
Title The Science of Energy PDF eBook
Author Crosbie Smith
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 424
Release 1998
Genre Science
ISBN 9780226764207

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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.

The Green Vision of Henry Ford and George Washington Carver

The Green Vision of Henry Ford and George Washington Carver
Title The Green Vision of Henry Ford and George Washington Carver PDF eBook
Author Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr.
Publisher McFarland
Pages 221
Release 2013-03-25
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 078646982X

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Henry Ford and George Washington Carver had a unique friendship and a shared vision. This book details their paths to "green" manufacturing and the start of the chemurgic movement in America. It covers a number of little known projects such as their efforts to use ethanol as a national fuel, the use of soybeans for plastic production, and the use of waterpower for factories. This study of their collaboration shows how capitalism can drive the green movement and expand American industry.

Catalogue of Mechanical Engineering Collection in the Science Division of The Victoria and Albert Museum ...

Catalogue of Mechanical Engineering Collection in the Science Division of The Victoria and Albert Museum ...
Title Catalogue of Mechanical Engineering Collection in the Science Division of The Victoria and Albert Museum ... PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 416
Release 1908
Genre
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Public Understanding of Science

Public Understanding of Science
Title Public Understanding of Science PDF eBook
Author David Knight
Publisher Routledge
Pages 241
Release 2006-10-16
Genre History
ISBN 1134625006

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First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Engineering Empires

Engineering Empires
Title Engineering Empires PDF eBook
Author B. Marsden
Publisher Springer
Pages 363
Release 2004-12-07
Genre Science
ISBN 0230504124

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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.

Reader's Guide to the History of Science

Reader's Guide to the History of Science
Title Reader's Guide to the History of Science PDF eBook
Author Arne Hessenbruch
Publisher Routledge
Pages 965
Release 2013-12-16
Genre History
ISBN 1134262949

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The Reader's Guide to the History of Science looks at the literature of science in some 550 entries on individuals (Einstein), institutions and disciplines (Mathematics), general themes (Romantic Science) and central concepts (Paradigm and Fact). The history of science is construed widely to include the history of medicine and technology as is reflected in the range of disciplines from which the international team of 200 contributors are drawn.