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History of communications and the Congruence Engine: early thoughts and possibilities
Science Museum Group Journal, 2023 Communications is one of three strands of research under the Congruence Engine project, and will follow the other two, Textiles and Energy, in trialling the application of digital methods to better connect and understand collections held in partner ...
Jon Agar
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Architectures of Oil: Earthworks and Petrochemicals in Saudi Arabia c. 1973
Histories of Postwar Architecture, 2022 This paper examines the development of the Saudi cities of Jubail and Yanbu in the aftermath of the 1973 OPEC embargo. Developed as a means of shifting away from pure resource extraction and towards value-added technology sectors, the Saudi government ...
B. Jack Hanly
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Science Museum Group Journal, 2021 It is often assumed that the development of mechanised production technology and the making of luxury goods are incompatible. Arising from familiar narratives of the Industrial Revolution and echoes of Arts and Crafts thinking, high volume commodities ...
Charles Ormrod
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Leonardo Torres Quevedo: el patrimonio histórico, científico, tecnológico y educativo … y las funciones de la universidad [PDF]
Cabás, 2017 Con ocasión de la conmemoración del centenario del Transbordador del Niágara, a lo largo de 2016 se ha llevado a cabo un denso programa de actividades, promovido desde la asociación cultural Amigos de la Cultura Científica, que han dado contenido al ...
Redondo, F. A. G.
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A Brief History of Engineering Technology and a Case for Applied Engineering [PDF]
, 2019 This paper will present a brief history on Engineering Technology. It will then make the case why the four-year programs should be called “Applied Engineering.Cockrell School of ...
Buchanan, Walter W.
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Transformative Works and Cultures, 2021 The course "Science Fiction: Humanity, Technology, the Present, the Future" uses fandom as a motivator for pedagogical development, promoting participation and engagement by encouraging students to embrace their fan passions.
Kimon Keramidas, Fiona Haborak
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Railway photography and technology: analysis of the photographic record of Brazilian railway in the 19th century [PDF]
História, 2019 The purpose of this text is to examine some sets of photographs about railway companies in Brazil, in order to highlight the potential of this type of iconographic material, not as artistic documentation but also technological documentation.
Eduardo Romero de Oliveira
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Science Museum Group Journal, 2017 Unveiled at the conclusion of a meeting of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society in 1861,[1] ‘Dr Nelson’s Improved Inhaler’ was one of the most important milestones in the genesis of reliable treatment of respiratory ailments in the modern era ...
Barry Murnane +3 more
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Ion-Exchanged Glass Waveguide Technology: A Review [PDF]
, 2011 We review the history and current status of ion exchanged glass waveguide technology. The background of ion exchange in glass and key developments in the first years of research are briefly described.
Honkanen, Seppo +2 more
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Paimio Sanatorium under Construction
Arts, 2018 Alvar Aalto created innovative architecture in his breakthrough work, Paimio Sanatorium, located in Southwestern Finland and designed between 1928 and 1933.
Marianna Heikinheimo
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