The Technological Revolution: 1700-1987

Subtitle:: 1700-1987
Author:: John D. Clare
Format:: Softcover

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Designed and classroom-tested during a joint fellowship by Durham County Council and the Young Historian Scheme, this publication provides an account of the growth of technology to the present day. Travel, communication, scientific discoveries and the work of engineers are examined.

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Publisher:: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:: 9780333494875
Publication date:: July 1990
Length:: 246mm
Width:: 189mm
Pages:: 64
Illustrations:: 48 half-tones, 6 colour illustrations, index
Readership:: Secondary school

Part 1 Beginnings, 1700 - 1850, science, society and economy: using the evidence - the first engineers
why engineering developed
science and engineering in the industrial revolution
Whessoe - the beginning
using the evidence - the railway foundry in 1835. Part 2 Diffusion and development, 1800 - 1900, science, society and economy: engineering the the 19th century
using the evidence - Edison's Phonomotor
assignment - role of individual (William Fairburn)
Whessoe - the later 19th century
using the evidence - Whessoe Foundry Ltd. Part 3 Heyday, 1895 - 1950, science, society and economy: depression of the thirties
engineering 1895 - 1950
using the evidence - the existential pleasures of engineering
research assignment - Teeside at mid-century
Whessoe - 1900 50
working at Whessoe. Part 4 The modern world: society and economy
science, technology and engineering 1945 - 80
using the evidence - selecting a machine tool
Whessoe after the war
the depression of the 1980s
using the evidence - aims
women in engineering
assignment - development over time
Whessoe into the 1980s.