History of Technology Volume 21: Volume 21, 1999

Cover\nHalf-title\nTitle\nCopyright\nContents\nEditorial\nThe Contributors\nNotes for Contributors\nResponding to the Nineteenth Century: The Royal Navy and the Introduction of the Screw Propeller\n	Abstract\n	Steam, Strategy And Tactics\n	The Admiralty And The Steam Warship\n	The Ship Propeller Company And The Promotion Of The Screw Propeller, 1836-1852\n	Smith After The Failure Of The Company\n	Conclusion\n	Notes and References\nThe Emergence of Technical Drawing in China: The Xin Yi Xiang Fa Yao and Its Antecedents\n	Earliest Representations Of Technology In China\n	Technical Illustration And Early Chinese Painting\n	Technical Illustration From The Third To The Tenth Centuries\n	The Xin Yi Xiang Fa Yao: New Armillary Sphere And Celestial Globe System Essentials And Its Illustrations\n	Conclusion\n	Notes and References\nThe Circular Silk Mill: A Factory Before the Industrial Revolution in Early Modern Europe\n	Postscript\n	Notes and References\nTechnology Transfer in the Great Climacteric: Machinofacture and International Patenting in World Development circa 1850-1914\n	Introduction\n	Britain And Machinofacture\n	Machinofacture And International Patenting\n	Technology Transfer And Late Development\n	Climacteric Limits\n	At The Centre: Britain And Declinism Once More\n	Summary And Conclusions\n	Notes and References\nWhat Drives Innovation in Technology?\n	The Growth Of Technology And The Analogy With Biological Evolution\n	Human Actors As Builders Of Planned Systems\n	On Intertwined Paths Of Innovation\n	Summary\n	Acknowledgements\n	Notes and References\nThe Industrialization of Chair and Table Manufacture in Japan: Subtle Interactions at the Confluence of Indigenous Culture and Western Technology\n	Preface\n	The Arrival Of The Western Table And Chair\n	Bentwood Chairs And The Craftsmen Of Hida\n	Karuizawa Wooden Sculpture As A Counter-Example To The Hida Craft Experience\n	The Role Of The Jōmin (Ordinary People)\n	The Situation Today In The Japanese Wooden Furniture Industry\n	Conclusion\n	Notes and References\nMetals and Metallurgical Processes in North Italy in Biringuccio\'s Work\n	Acknowledgement\n	Notes and References\nMaîtrise et Transmission des Connaissances Techniques au Moyen Âge\n	Technical Knowledge In The Middle Ages And Its Transmission\n	Notes and References\nCurrent Research in the History of Technology in Europe\n	Introduction\n	Early Research In The History Of Technology\n	Current Research And Research Concepts\n	Technology Transfer\n	Technical Education\n	Failed Innovations\n	Conclusion\n	Acknowledgements\n	Notes and References\nNieuports and Spads: French Pursuit Planes and American Airpower in World War I\n	Note On Nomenclature\n	Notes and References\nThe Power of Ceremony: Creating an International Engineering Community\n	Notes and References\nContents of Former Volumes