James Watt: Making The World Anew Ben Russell Reaktion Books Αγγλικά Βιβλία Computing And Technology

Among The Many Treasures In Collections Of Science Museum London Is Complete Workshop Scottish Engineer James Watt (1736-1819) Acquired Its Entirety From Attic Watt\ S Birmingham Home 1924 Where It Had Been Left As An Industrial Shrine Since His Death 1819 Best Known For Pioneering Work On Steam Engine But Contains Very Few Engine-Related Items Instead Filled With Jars Chemicals Sculpture-Copying Machines And Materials A Profusion Instruments Objects Evidence Diverse Projects Traditional Biographies Have Concentrated Ben Russell Tells Richer Story Exploring Processes By Which Ephemeral Ideas Were Transformed Into Tangible Artefacts Multifaceted World Production Upon Britain\ Revolution Depended Watt: Making Anew Craft History Early Transformation Well Prehistory Engineering Profession Itself Explores Motivation Things Looking Not Only At What Was Produced Also Why Drawing Rich Range Resources - Just Archival Material Themselves Sources Fields Ceramics Antique Systems Proportion Sculpture Machine Generously Illustrated Unique Expansive Exploration Engineer\ Life End Lens Through Broader Practices Manufacturing Eighteenth Nineteenth Centuries Can Be Explored Σελίδες: 256 Διαστάσεις: 13 8X13 8Cm