History of Technology Volume 10

In: History of Technology

In: History of Technology Ser.

Abstract

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Editorial: Into Double Figures -- Dr E. O. W. Whitehouse and the 1858 trans-Atlantic Gable -- Introduction -- Historical Background -- The Laying of the Gable -- The Destruction of the Cable -- A Modern View of the Causes of Failure -- Conclusion -- Note -- Acknowledgements -- Notes and References -- Isaac Newton's Steamer -- Notes -- Gunpowder and Mining in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Europe -- The Invention of Blasting -- The Technique of Blasting and i t s Development -- Notes