An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 107. This one of a kind encyclopedia presents the entire field of technology from rudimentary agricultural tools to communication satellites in this first of its kind reference source. Following an introduction that discusses basic tools, devices, and mechanisms, the chapters are grouped into five parts that provide detailed information on materials, power and engineering, transportation, communication and calculation, and technology and society, revealing how different technologies have together evolved to produce enormous changes in the course of history | INDEX OF TOPICS Electric Lighting Act 1882 UK 369-70 electric motors 355 381-5 in domestic appliances 925 927-8 929 931 937 induction 383-4 linear 384-5 pole amplitude modulated 384 precursors see electromagnetic engines repulsion 384 synchronous 383 universal 383 variable speed control 384 electric power generation 41 284 356-62 369-70 371 372 381 960 gas turbines 333 338-40 nuclear 215 steam turbines 295-303 385 wind 259-60 electric telegraph 357 572 574 713-15 964-5 railway signalling system 714 965 wartime role 988-9 electric vehicles 378 380 458-9 trams 47 95960 electric water heaters 920 electrical appliances 386 electrical measurement 373-7 electricity 41 959-61 current 351-4 off-peak 372-3 917 static 350-51 inverse square law 373 transmission 370-72 see also hydroelectric power electricity supply meters 376 electrification iron- and steel-making 176 railways 382 584-5 591-2 594 598 599 600 electrochemistry 352 electrodynamometer 374 electro-forming 419 electrolysis applications of 105 107-11 112- 13 114-19 224-5 352 electromagnetic engines 377-81 electrometer torsion balance 373 electron discovery 213 electron-beam welding 420 electronic clocks and watches 697 electronics 41-2 428 electrophonetic telegraph 719 electroscope gold leaf 373 electroslag refining steel 184 elements 187 elephant weapon of war 970-71 Encyclopedic Diderot 236 energy meters 376 English Improver The Blith 774 engravings copper 674 photo-process 679 steel 678 wood 678 ENIAC 42 702 Erie canal complex 510-11 Eros statue 108-9 111 Eskimos use of copper 48 etching 419 ethylene 212 ethylene glycol 212 Etruscans brass statuary 75 building and architecture 868 873 wood-turning 389 excavators 471 Exeter Canal 476 Experienced Millwright The 238 Explorer satellite 656 explosives 190 223 988 exponents 698 external combustion engines 341-2 facsimile transmission 743-4 factory system 28-9 water power in 240-42 fallowing 777-8 fan vault 876 Fantasia motion picture 723 farm traction 787-91 fastenings
