Progressive Enlightenment : The Origins of the Gaslight Industry, 1780-1820.
Leslie. Tomory
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (361 pages)
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. The Roots of Gas Lighting -- Chapter 1. Gas Lighting and Pneumatic Chemistry -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 A Gas Plant of the Early Nineteenth Century -- 1.3 Pneumatic Chemistry, 1650-1790 -- 1.4 Apparatus and Techniques of Pneumatic Chemistry, 1700-1790 -- 1.5 Lighting with Gas -- 1.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 2. Industrial Distillation -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Industrial Distillation -- 2.3 Philippe Lebon and the Thermolamp -- 2.4 Zachaeus Winzler and the Thermolamp in Germany -- 2.5 Technological Bifurcation -- 2.6 Conclusion -- Part II. A Question of Scale -- Chapter 3. Boulton & -- Watt -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 From Invention to the First Pilot Plant -- 3.3 Finding a New Market in 1806 -- 3.4 Design Work -- 3.5 The End of Gas Lighting at Boulton & -- Watt -- 3.6 Conclusion -- Part III. Building a Network -- Chapter 4. Frederick Winsor and the National Light and Heat Company -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Winsor and the Thermolamp, 1802-1804 -- 4.3 The Campaign of 1806-07 and the First General Meeting of 1807 -- 4.4 Boulton & -- Watt and the Royal Society, 1808 -- 4.5 The Parlimentary Battle of 1809 -- 4.6 Despair, Recovery, and Final Success, 1809-1812 -- 4.7 Conclusion -- Chapter 5. The Gas Light and Coke Company -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The New Company -- 5.3 Building a Network, 1814-1820 -- 5.4 Outside the Company: Users and Fitters -- 5.5 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- A New Phase of the Industrial Revolution -- Questions about the Industrial Revolution -- Business and Entrepreneurship -- Builders, Mediators, and Users -- Technological Networks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.. - An argument that the gas industry was the first integrated large-scale technological network and that it signaled a new wave of industrial innovation.
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| ISBN | 9780262301244
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