AGE OF MACHINERY [electronic resource] : engineering the industrial revolution, 1770-1850.
By: COOKSON, GILLIAN.
Series: People, markets, goods: economies and societies in history: volume 12.WOODBRIDGE BOYDELL PRESS, ©2018Description: xii,324p.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781783272761.Subject(s): Textile machinery -- England -- History -- 18th centuryGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | TS1525 .C66 2018 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000013504 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Conventions -- Introduction -- 1. The Coming of Machinery -- 2. The Age of Machinery -- 3. Shaping an Industry -- 4. The Machine-Makers -- 5. Ingenious Mechanics -- 6. The Social Life of the Engineer -- 7. Innovating -- 8. Reaching Maturity -- Appendix 1: Keighley Textile Engineers -- Appendix 2: Leeds Engineering Businesses Established Before 1830 -- Appendix 3: Estimates of Textile Machinery at Work in the United Kingdom, 1835-56 -- Bibliography -- Index.
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An engagingly written account of textile engineering in its key northern centres, rich with historical narrative and analysis.
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