Short description
Chronologically, this text is divided into two parts. The first examines the development of technology up to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in Britain. The second continues the story to 1900. Each section is preceded by an historical introduction, and the book concludes with a series of tables designed to show the interrelation of events named in the text. Profusely illustrated.
Long description
Highly readable survey relates technology to historical epochs from earliest times to the onset of Industrial Revolution, and from mid-18th century to beginning of the 20th. Food production, metalworking, building construction, early sources of power, development of steam engine, mining, internal combustion machines, electricity, more. 354 black-and-white illustrations. 1961 edition.