Books from Science Museum
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Perspectives on Industrial Archaeology
By Neil CossonsToday, we are surrounded by the physical legacy of over two centuries of industrialisation: factories, canals, industrial towns and cities. By the 1950s, some of these relics of early industry...
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Reference Books for the Historian of Science: A Handlist
By Science Museum, Jane PughReference Books for the Historian of Science: A Handlist
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Tackling Transport
By Helmuth Trischler, Stefan ZeilingerIn this book historians from museums and academia examine transport artefacts and the systems of mobility in which they are embedded. Large artefacts -- such as the Stephensons' Rocket locomotive,...
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Guide to the History of Technology in Europe 2000
By Caroline TurneyThe fourth edition of the Guide provides an improved, updated directory of over 1000 individuals and organisations involved in the history of technology. Comprehensive entries for researchers include job titles,...
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Presenting Pictures
By Helmuth Trischler, Robert Bud, Bernard S. FinnAided by the insights provided by artefacts, this book examines some of the technical problems and social consequences related to the transmission of pictures. Contributions embrace conversion from object to...
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Cyanotype: The History, Science and Art of Photographic Printing in Prussian Blue
By Mike WareThis is the first published monograph on the cyanotype process. It describes the history, chemistry, conservation, aesthetics and practice of photographic printing in Prussian blue. The unpublished experimental memoranda of...
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Charles Babbage and His Calculating Engines
By Doron SwadeInventor, reformer, mathematician, philosopher, scientist and critic. Charles Babbage, a controversial 19th-century figure, saw both glory and failure.