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James Watt: Craftsman and Engineer: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology

Autor H. W. Dickinson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 oct 2010
This 1936 book, published to celebrate the bicentenary of Watt's birth, examines his career as a craftsman and engineer, rather than offering a purely narrative biography. Watt began his life as a maker of mathematical instruments, and throughout his working life enjoyed the challenge of such skilled work. Watt's inventions did much to power the Industrial Revolution and its economic and social consequences. However, he owed much of his commercial success to his long partnership with Matthew Boulton, a far more astute businessman, and a considerable portion of the book is devoted to the achievements of this period. An engineer by profession, H. W. Dickinson researched widely, and published highly readable works on the steam engine, Watt, Boulton and Trevithick. He succeeds in producing a work which appeals to the scientist, the historian and the general reader, without feeling obliged to over-simplify the technical details.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108012232
ISBN-10: 110801223X
Pagini: 262
Ilustrații: 34 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - Technology

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface; Chronicle of the life and works of James Watt; 1. Introductory; 2. Beginning of career, 1736–1763; 3. The separate condenser, 1763–1769; 4. Practice as a civil engineer, 1769–1774; 5. Partnership with Matthew Boulton. Period of struggle, 1774–1781; 6. Partnership with Matthew Boulton. The rotative engine, 1781–1790; 7. Partnership with Matthew Boulton. Closing years, 1790–1800; 8. Life in retirement, 1800–1819; Bibliography; Index.

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This 1936 study of the life and work of Watt places his achievements in the context of the Industrial Revolution.