化学者ワット：蒸気機関時代の起源を理解する James Watt, Chemist : Understanding the Origins of the Steam Age (Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century)

Miller, David Philip

Univ of Pittsburgh Pr（2009/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 241 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781851969746
• DDC分類 621.1092

基本説明

In the Victorian era, James Watt became an iconic engineer, but in his own time he was also an influential chemist. Miller examines Watt’s illustrious engineering career in light of his parallel interest in chemistry, arguing that Watt’s conception of steam engineering relied upon chemical understandings.

Full Description

In the Victorian era, James Watt became an iconic engineer, but in his own time he was also an influential chemist. Miller examines Watt's illustrious engineering career in light of his parallel interest in chemistry, arguing that Watt's conception of steam engineering relied upon chemical understandings. Part I of the book - Representations - examines the way James Watt has been portrayed over time, emphasizing sculptural, pictorial and textual representations from the nineteenth century. As an important contributor to the development of arguably the most important technology of industrialization, Watt became a symbol that many groups of thinkers were anxious to claim. Part II - Realities - focuses on reconstructing the unsung "chemical Watt" instead of the lionized engineer.

Contents

PrologueRepresentations 1 Introduction: Of Statues, Kettles and Indicators - 'The Mechanical Watt' 2 The Demise of the 'Chemical Watt' in the Nineteenth Century 3 The 'Mechanical Watt': The Making of a 'Philosophical Engineer' Part II: Realities 4 Watt's Chemistry of Heat 5 The Steam Engine as Chemistry 6 The Indicator Understood, or Why Watt was not a Proto-thermodynamicist Conclusions