Screen LibraryWaterpower in Lowell：engineering and industry in nineteenth-century America
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Johns Hopkins University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Baltimore |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of technology |
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| Carrier Form: | xii, 254 p.: ill., maps ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780801893056 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0801893054 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780801893063 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0801893062 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | TV637 |
| CLC: | TV637.12-09 |
| Call Number: | TV637.12-09/M257 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Harnessing the Merrimack River -- Building a city at the falls, 1821-1836 -- Expanding the waterpower, 1836-1847 -- Testing the waters : scientific engineering in Lowell -- Protecting the people and the profits, 1847-1865 -- Controlling the system, 1865-1885. |