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{"title":"Power and innovation: Excavating pre-1806 steam engines in the Manchester area","authors":"Michael Nevell","doi":"10.1080/17581206.2019.1573949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17581206.2019.1573949","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reviews the archaeological evidence for the use of stationary steam engines on colliery and textile manufacturing sites in the Manchester city region prior to 1806. It draws upon fieldwork undertaken as a result of developer-funded archaeological work as well as research excavation projects. A series of case studies are used to show the value of excavation in recovering the evidence for early steam technology. In the absence of detailed documentary and above ground structural evidence the recovery of technical information regarding the remains of the steam engines and their associated boilers, and the detailed development of each site, was only possible through archaeological excavation. The paper argues that such excavation work on early mill engine sites and mining pumping engine sites can help in understanding both the development of individual site power systems and the rate of adoption of early steam technology within a particular region.","PeriodicalId":236677,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal for the History of Engineering & Technology","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128202550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Investigating the Newcomen pumping engine house at Brislington near Bristol","authors":"David. Hardwick","doi":"10.1080/17581206.2019.1573907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17581206.2019.1573907","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a summary of the historical and archaeological appraisal of the standing building at 8 Hollywood Road, Brislington. Through archival research a suggested construction date of c1790 has been revised to c1735-1738 and subsequently confirmed as being c1736 by dendrochronology. An engine of this date would have been of the Newcomen-type atmospheric engine and since these were usually built with the engine as an integral part of the building itself, an appraisal of the surviving remains has been carried out. Appraisal of the surviving roof structure identified that it had been largely hand worked and more typical of traditional oak framed buildings than the later machine sawn construction typical of Victorian industrial buildings. It is therefore considered likely that the roof structure of the property is largely as originally constructed. Openings and other features have also been appraised to determine how much of this structure is original and the significance of this as a rare surviving example of an early engine house.","PeriodicalId":236677,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal for the History of Engineering & Technology","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116946145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The CABLE KING: The Life of John Pender","authors":"N. Linge","doi":"10.1080/17581206.2019.1575100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17581206.2019.1575100","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":236677,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal for the History of Engineering & Technology","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115535635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"IEEC Transactions Volume 3 – Editorial","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/17581206.2019.1669950","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17581206.2019.1669950","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":236677,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal for the History of Engineering & Technology","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122405561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Malting and Malthouses in Kent","authors":"Amber Patrick","doi":"10.1080/17581206.2019.1575103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17581206.2019.1575103","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":236677,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal for the History of Engineering & Technology","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130565932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Victorian Palace of Science: Scientific Knowledge and the Building of the Houses of Parliament","authors":"R. Thorne","doi":"10.1080/17581206.2019.1575087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17581206.2019.1575087","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":236677,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal for the History of Engineering & Technology","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115341578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Life of William Nicholson, 1753–1815: A Memoir of Enlightenment, Commerce, Politics, Arts and Science","authors":"S. Ruston","doi":"10.1080/17581206.2019.1575099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17581206.2019.1575099","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":236677,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal for the History of Engineering & Technology","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116000944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Locomotive Builders of Leeds","authors":"R. Fitzgerald","doi":"10.1080/17581206.2019.1575095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17581206.2019.1575095","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":236677,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal for the History of Engineering & Technology","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132152627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"England’s Railway Heritage from the Air","authors":"D. Gwyn","doi":"10.1080/17581206.2019.1575105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17581206.2019.1575105","url":null,"abstract":"different options to improve the route from the Eurostar terminal at Waterloo to Folkestone, but it was only when the multi-disciplinary consultant Ove Arup developed the idea of regenerating run-down areas east of London and in north Kent, using the Link, that progress was made, and public money became available. This convoluted process is described very well in the book. The final chapter in Part 4 is a panegyric on the conversion of St Pancras Station into the new Channel Tunnel Terminal in London; a conversion with which Nicholas Faith is obviously in full sympathy. The book does contain some faults. The author has a habit of quoting persons or organisations, usually by name, without explaining who they are and what relevance they have to the whole picture. It is also peppered with unexplained acronyms which, with the myriad of organisations involved in the project, are often difficult to interpret. The book’s illustrations are all collected into eight pages in the centre and are mainly portraits of personalities or pictures of Eurostar trains. There is only one diagram whereas the nature of the subject, especially tunnel routes and the layout of terminals, would, in many cases, be better explained by simple line drawings rather than the extensive explanations in the text. There are also numerous glaring typographical errors throughout the book which should have been edited out. It gives the distinct impression of having been completed and published in a hurry. There is, however, an excellent index and a good bibliography. Although this is obviously a book by an investigative journalist in its style and content, it does provide a valuable insight into the difficulties that were encountered in this multi-disciplinary and international infrastructure project. The extent of the research carried out by the author is very impressive and his technical descriptions of tunnelling and railway engineering are largely accurate and well adapted for a lay readership. On the political and financial aspects the ‘gentleman mischief maker’ has also stirred up a few contentious points which will no doubt provide interest for future scholars studying this major project as part of our recent history.","PeriodicalId":236677,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal for the History of Engineering & Technology","volume":"327 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124617192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Scientific Toy & Thomas Holme","authors":"J. Liffen","doi":"10.1080/17581206.2019.1575096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17581206.2019.1575096","url":null,"abstract":"The title is unhelpful. The book is mainly a social history of Hull Corporation Telephone undertaking from its beginning to about 1945, together with a biography of its first manager. One has to ha...","PeriodicalId":236677,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal for the History of Engineering & Technology","volume":"16 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132733921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}