History of Technology Volume 20: Volume Twenty, 1998

Cover\nHalf-title\nTitle\nCopyright\nContents\nEditorial\nThe Contributors\nNotes for Contributors\nThe PAL-SECAM Colour Television Controversy\n	INTRODUCTION\n	THE NTSC SYSTEM\n	THE SECAM SYSTEM\n	THE PAL SYSTEM\n	THE PROBLEM OF REACHING A TECHNOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE RIVAL COLOUR TELEVISION SYSTEMS\n	THE PAL SECAM CONTROVERSY AS A POLITICAL CASE STUDY\n	Notes and References\nInventing the Miracle Battery: Thomas Edison and the Electric Vehicle\n	INTRODUCTION\n	THE PLUTO EFFECT\n	THE INVENTION OF THE ALKALINE VEHICLE BATTERY\n	THE MIRACLE BATTERY\n	THE EDISON BATTERY AS A MACHINE\n	EDISON\'S BATTERY AND THE AUTOMOBILE MARKET\n	Notes and References\nTwo Knights in Pandemonium: A Worm\'s-eye View of Boulton, Watt & Co., c. 1800—1820\n	FAMILY BACKGROUND\n	SOCIAL LIFE\n	SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS\n	THE ROLE OF ENGINEERING REPRESENTATIVE\n	ENGINEERING DRAWING\n	ENGINE DESIGN AND IMPROVEMENT\n	MARINE ENGINES\n	GASLIGHTING\n	SOHO FOUNDRY\n	CONCLUSION\n	Notes and References\nThe Mechanization of Carving: The Development of the Carving Machine, Especially in Relation to the Manufacture of Furniture and the Working of Wood\n	ABSTRACT\n	INTRODUCTION\n	EARLY HISTORY\n	FIRST PHASE\n	THE ROLE OF THOMAS JORDAN\n	PROGRESS IN PATENT CARVING\n	SECOND PHASE\n	ATTITUDES TO CARVING MACHINES AND TECHNOLOGY\n	Notes and References\nProtection and Promotion: Privileges for Inventions and Books of Machines in the Early Modern Period\n	INTRODUCTION\n	MILLS AND WATER-LIFTING DEVICES AS OBJECTS OF EARLY MODERN PRIVILEGES FOR INVENTIONS\n	THE PROCESS OF GRANTING PRIVILEGES FOR INVENTIONS\n	THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PRIVILEGES FOR INVENTIONS UP TO THE END OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY\n	\'MACHINES\' AS THE COMMON OBJECT OF PRIVILEGES FOR INVENTIONS AND PRINTED BOOKS OF MACHINES\n	THE RISK OF PUBLISHING CONTEMPORARY MACHINE TECHNOLOGY IN PRINT\n	RECIPIENTS OF PRIVILEGES FOR INVENTIONS AS AUTHORS OF BOOKS OF MACHINES\n	PRIVILEGES FOR INVENTIONS AND BOOKS OF MACHINES: INSTITUTIONS LOOKING AHEAD TO THE FUTURE\n	Notes and References\nThe Archer\'s Paradox and Modelling: A Review\n	ABSTRACT\n	INTRODUCTION\n	PHYSICAL MODELS\n	MATHEMATICAL MODELS\n	TWO ANCIENT ARROWS\n	DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS\n	Notes and References\nA New Way of Raising Water by Fire: Denis Papin\'s Treatise of 1707 and its Reception by Contemporaries\n	ABSTRACT\n	TRANSLATOR\'S PREFACE\n	TRANSLATION\n	PREFACE\n	CHAPTER I\n	CHAPTER II\n	CHAPTER III\n	CHAPTER IV\n	CHAPTER V\n	CHAPTER VI\n	CHAPTER VII\n	CHAPTER VIII\n	APPENDIX 1\n	APPENDIX 2\n	APPENDIX 3\n	APPENDIX 4\n	SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY\nContents of Former Volumes