The Scientific and Industrial Revolution of Our Time
By M.E. Beggs Humpreys, D.W. Humphreys
Published November 3rd 2005 by Routledge – 48 pages
Series: Economic History
Contents
Introduction: The Speed of Change
PART I: NEW SOURCES OF POWER
Electric power
Power from the atom
The turbine
The internal combustion engine
Power from oil
PART II: NEW MATERIALS AND NEW PROCESSES
The age of steel
Synthetic materials
Chemicals from coal
Chemicals from petroleum
The story of synthetic rubber, plastics
New Textiles: man-made fibres
The rise of the Electronics industry
Towards automaton
Things to do
Book list
Some important events, discoveries and inventions
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Categories: Economic History