Ruth Belville

Author : David Rooney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ruth Belville written by David Rooney and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the Belville family, who from 1836 to 1940 ran a business delivering time to London subscribers by way of an eighteenth-century pocket watch called 'Arnold'.

Author : Scott Alan Johnston
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0228009642
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Clocks Are Telling Lies written by Scott Alan Johnston and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2022-01-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until the nineteenth century all time was local time. On foot or on horseback, it was impossible to travel fast enough to care that noon was a few minutes earlier or later from one town to the next. The invention of railways and telegraphs, however, created a newly interconnected world where suddenly the time differences between cities mattered. The Clocks Are Telling Lies is an exploration of why we tell time the way we do, demonstrating that organizing a new global time system was no simple task. Standard time, envisioned by railway engineers such as Sandford Fleming, clashed with universal time, promoted by astronomers. When both sides met in 1884 at the International Meridian Conference in Washington, DC, to debate the best way to organize time, disagreement abounded. If scientific and engineering experts could not agree, how would the public? Following some of the key players in the debate, Scott Johnston reveals how people dealt with the contradictions in global timekeeping in surprising ways – from zealots like Charles Piazzi Smyth, who campaigned for the Great Pyramid to serve as the prime meridian, to Maria Belville, who sold the time door to door in Victorian London, to Moraviantown and other Indigenous communities that used timekeeping to fight for autonomy. Drawing from a wide range of primary sources, The Clocks Are Telling Lies offers a thought-provoking narrative that centres people and politics, rather than technology, in the vibrant story of global time telling.

Author : Ainissa Ramirez
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262542269
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Alchemy of Us written by Ainissa Ramirez and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “timely, informative, and fascinating” study of 8 inventions—and how they shaped our world—with “totally compelling” insights on little-known inventors throughout history (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction) In The Alchemy of Us, scientist and science writer Ainissa Ramirez examines 8 inventions and reveals how they shaped the human experience: • Clocks • Steel rails • Copper communication cables • Photographic film • Light bulbs • Hard disks • Scientific labware • Silicon chips Ramirez tells the stories of the woman who sold time, the inventor who inspired Edison, and the hotheaded undertaker whose invention pointed the way to the computer. She describes how our pursuit of precision in timepieces changed how we sleep; how the railroad helped commercialize Christmas; how the necessary brevity of the telegram influenced Hemingway’s writing style; and how a young chemist exposed the use of Polaroid’s cameras to create passbooks to track black citizens in apartheid South Africa. These fascinating and inspiring stories offer new perspectives on our relationships with technologies. Ramirez shows not only how materials were shaped by inventors but also how those materials shaped culture, chronicling each invention and its consequences—intended and unintended. Filling in the gaps left by other books about technology, Ramirez showcases little-known inventors—particularly people of color and women—who had a significant impact but whose accomplishments have been hidden by mythmaking, bias, and convention. Doing so, she shows us the power of telling inclusive stories about technology. She also shows that innovation is universal—whether it's splicing beats with two turntables and a microphone or splicing genes with two test tubes and CRISPR.

Author : David Rooney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maria and Ruth Belville written by David Rooney and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Grinnell College
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1238 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catalogue written by Grinnell College and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sam Sedgman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1526665409
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Clockwork Conspiracy written by Sam Sedgman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Clever, inventive and a cracking read' – Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl A locked-room mystery packed with rooftop chases, hidden codes and mind-bending science, The Clockwork Conspiracy is a must for fans of the Adventures on Trains series and Sharna Jackson's High Rise mysteries. Aspiring inventor Isaac Turner lives with his dad, the horologist in charge of Big Ben. But when his father vanishes from the belfry on the night the clocks go back, leaving behind only a smashed pocket watch and a cryptic message, Isaac determines to find him. Hunting a trail of clues through London's landmarks, Isaac uncovers a sinister plot in the gears of government and embarks on a race against time to save his father – and time itself. 'An ingenious mystery full of fascinating facts. Sedgman has cracked the code for an absolute triumph of a book' – A.F. Steadman, author of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief 'The Clockwork Conspiracy offers a captivating and perilous adventure that surprises and delights at every turn' – Catherine Doyle, author of The Storm Keeper's Island 'A smart and pacey thriller. Time well spent' – The Times 'A taut, tense mystery with perfectly-timed plotting, this is guaranteed to make the time fly' - Maz Evans, author of Who Let the Gods Out? 'A gripping mystery delivered with panache' – The Observer 'A thrilling story from start to finish' – Inis Magazine 'Action-packed with twisty turns and a gripping plot' – Daily Mail 'THE CLOCKWORK CONSPIRACY is a fiendishly clever contraption, featuring brilliantly savvy characters and a well-wound plot that ticks along like – what else? – clockwork' - Andy Sagar, author of Yesterday Crumb and the Storm in a Teacup 'A thrilling locked-room mystery, with a plot as beautifully engineered as clockwork' - Pari Thomson, author of Greenwild: The World Behind the Door 'An action-packed, thrilling adventure' – The Week Junior 'A rapid adventure, combined with an encyclopaedic focus on a particular subject – and an ability to make it sing' – The Telegraph 'I predict this will be a very popular addition to any library, home or classroom' – Books for Keeps

Author : Tony Ballantyne
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674281292
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Empires and the Reach of the Global written by Tony Ballantyne and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empire was not fabricated in European capitals and implemented “out there.” Imperial systems affected the metropole as well as the farthest outpost. Empires and the Reach of the Global shows how imperialism has been a shaping force not just in international politics but in the economies and cultures of today’s world.

Author : Grinnell College
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grinnell College Bulletin written by Grinnell College and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : P. Morris
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230283144
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science for the Nation written by P. Morris and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging study of a great national institution. Essays explore the changing roles of museums and the perceived public role of a museum of science and technology. Illuminates the ways in which we think about the collecting and display of objects and the often difficult relations between the state, business and industry, and museum funding.

Author : Jozef A. Helsen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642125328
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biomaterials written by Jozef A. Helsen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-11-04 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Replacement of a failing hip joint or other defective organs in the human body by artificial ‘spare parts’ has significantly improved our quality of life. These spare parts have to meet a wide spectrum of mechanical, chemical and design requirements. In this book, the properties and selection of materials for such `spare parts’ are deduced from case studies at the start of each chapter. Hard tissue replacements (joints, long bones, dental), soft tissue (heart valves) and tissue engineering are included. The chapters also detail the three generic classes of materials: alloys (including shape memory alloys), ceramics & glasses and polymers. Separate chapters are devoted to the toxicity of implants, the metals zirconium(-zirconium oxide), tantalum, niobium and metallic glasses, soluble metals and Rapid Prototyping techniques for the fabrication of custom made prostheses. The book concludes by a chapter on water as water is always ‘there’ and conditions the interaction between body and implant. Water is the very matrix of life on earth. A peculiarity of the book is its ‘perspective view’, meaning that the authors looked behind the present biomaterials’ décor and included historical backgrounds (real and mythological), future developments, and the relation to nature (plants and geology).