Technological Change and the British Iron Industry, 1700-1870
Charles K. Hyde
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Contents -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN IRON , 1700-1815 -- ONE : THE CHARCOAL IRON INDUSTRY IN THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY -- TWO. THE CHOICE OF FUEL BEFORE 1750 -- THREE. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHARCOAL IRON INDUSTRY, 1700-1750 -- FOUR. THE ADOPTION OF COKE-SMELTING, 1750-1790 -- FIVE: INNOVATION IN THE WROUGHT IRON SECTOR: THE POTTING AND PUDDLING PROCESSES TO 1790 -- SIX: THE IRON INDUSTRY IN WAR, 1790-1815 -- SEVEN: THE NEW TECHNOLOGY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES: THE IRON INDUSTRY IN THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY -- PART II: THE MATURE IRON INDUSTRY, 1815-1870 -- EIGHT: THE IRON INDUSTRY IN PEACE, 1815- 1830: ADJUSTMENT AND INNOVATION -- NINE: THE HOT BLAST AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SMELTING SECTOR, 1828-1870 -- TEN: THE WROUGHT IRON SECTOR, 1830-1870 -- ELEVEN: THE IRON INDUSTRY ON THE EVE OF THE AGE OF STEEL -- TWELVE: TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRITISH IRON INDUSTRY: SOME GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS -- APPENDICES -- APPENDIX A: BRITISH IRON OUTPUT, 1715-1750 -- APPENDIX B: CALCULATING VARIABLE COSTS FROM EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY IRONWORKS ACCOUNTS: A NOTE -- APPENDIX C: PIG IRON OUTPUT ESTIMATES FOR GREAT BRITAIN, 1788-1860 -- Bibliography -- Sources Cited -- Index
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[2019]
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Authors: | Hyde, Charles K |
Publisher: |
[2019]: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press |
Subject: | Technischer Fortschritt | Technological change | Großbritannien | United Kingdom | Stahlindustrie | Steel industry |
Description of contents: | Description [degruyter.com] ; Description [degruyter.com] |
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Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource |
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Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ; 5485 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web In English |
ISBN: | 978-0-691-19841-5 |
Other identifiers: | 10.1515/9780691198415 [DOI] 10.1515/9780691198415?locatt=mode:legacy [DOI] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014479867
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