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- Progressive Enlightenment: The Origins of the Gaslight Industry, 1780-1820
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- 2012
- Published by: The MIT Press
- Series: Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology
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summary
An argument that the gas industry was the first integrated large-scale technological network and that it signaled a new wave of industrial innovation.
Table of Contents
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- Abbreviations
- p. xi
- Introduction
- pp. 1-6
- Chapter 2. Industrial Distillation
- pp. 37-64
- Part II. A Question of Scale
- Chapter 3. Boulton & Watt
- pp. 67-116
- Part III. Building a Network
- pp. 117-120
- Chapter 5. The Gas Light and Coke Company
- pp. 169-238
- Conclusion
- pp. 239-244
- Bibliography
- pp. 319-340
Additional Information
ISBN
9780262301244
Related ISBN(s)
9780262016759
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OCLC
778565980
Pages
360
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
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