0415013062.Routledge.An.Encyclopaedia.of.the.History.of.Technology.Feb.1990.pdf

AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE

HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY

AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA

OF THE

HISTORY OF

TECHNOLOGY

EDITED BY

IAN McNEIL

ROUTLEDGE

LONDON AND NEW YORK

First published 1990

by Routledge

11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002.

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada

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a division of Routledge, Chapman and Hall, Inc.

29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001

reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

An Encyclopaedia of the history of technology

1. Technology—History

I. McNeil, Ian

609 T15

ISBN 0-415-01306-2 (Print Edition)

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

An Encyclopaedia of the history of technology/edited by Ian McNeil.

p. cm.

Bibliography: p.

Includes index.

ISBN 0-415-01306-2 (Print Edition)

1. Technology—History. I. McNeil, Ian.

T15.E53 1989

609—dc20

ISBN 0-203-19211-7 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-203-19214-1 (Glassbook Format)

89–10473

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