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Power from Wind
The wind is a fickle source of power. Windspeeds are frequently too low to be of any practical use, so that windpower has generally remained a marginal resource. Since the inception of windpower around 1000 AD, technology has been deployed to obtain the most economical power from wind. The author traces its technical evolution, concentrating on the growth in understanding of wind and charting crucial developments in windmill design. The history of the windmill is focused on North Western Europe, drawing on the origins of the first horizontal windmills in Persia, Tibet and China. Industrial applications such as in textiles, papermaking and mining are examined. Gradually, windmills were improved but were finally eclipsed by steam engines in the nineteenth century due to increased levels of industrialisation. The book concludes with a look at the recent re-emergence of windpower as a viable source of power in the wake of the energy crisis.
James Watt: The years of toil, 1775-1785
Richard Hills has worked from original records, checking printed versions where necessary and has shed new light on thus far obscure areas of Watt's life and personality. The book is fully referenced, and will be a valuable source-book for future Watt scholars, being not only a biography of Watt but also providing detailed accounts of the projects, machines and inventions with which he was concerned. Vol. 2 includes: the development of the mine pumping engine and its introduction to Cornwall; Problems encountered in Cornwall and the Cornish Metal Company; Watt's letter copying machine; Financial problems of Boulton and Watt; Development of the rotative steam engine - the crank and parallel motion; Watt's family and his advice as a technical consultant to the Pneumatic Institution in Bristol; Patent trails; Reconciliation with J.Watt junior and founding the Soho Steam Engine Manufactory in retirement
The Seven Ages of One Man
Autobiography of the Reverend Doctor Richard Hills, priest, engineer, mountaineer and founder of the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.
Power from Steam
This is the first comprehensive history of the steam engine in fifty years. It follows the development of reciprocating steam engines, from their earliest forms to the beginning of the twentieth century when they were replaced by steam turbines.
Papermaking in Britain 1488-1988
This short history tells the story of five hundred years of papermaking against the general background of the coming of paper and printing in Britain, through the major developments of the Industrial Revolution, up to the technological advances which have made possible the enormous high-speed paper machines of the present day.
Life and Inventions of Richard Roberts, 1789-1864
This is a biography of Richard Roberts, one of Britain's greatest inventors and the father of production engineering. It looks at his life and inventions in the world of machine tools; the gas meter; textiles; road vehicles; locomotives; horology and shipbuilding.
Power from Steam
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James Watt (1736-1819)
James Watt is celebrated as the inventor of the energy efficient pumping and rotative steam engines. Studies of Watt have focused on his inventiveness, influence and reputation. This book explores new aspects of his work and places him in family, social and intellectual contexts during the Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution.
The Life of Sir Richard Hill, Bart
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