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dc.contributor.authorPollacco, Christopher-
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-21T07:56:18Z-
dc.date.available2021-07-21T07:56:18Z-
dc.date.issued2006-
dc.identifier.citationPollacco, C. (2006). Science, technology and the economy. In L. Lagana, L. J. Scerri & P. Caruana (Eds.), SOK, Systems of knowledge : a multidisciplinary approach (pp. 148-151). Luqa: Agenda.en_GB
dc.identifier.isbn9993286044-
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/78477-
dc.description.abstractUntil Newton's life and t imes, science had been primarily concerned with exploring nature as it is. However, in the early eighteenth century a few British engineers were exploring how to obtain power from nature, and how to transform one form of energy (e.g. thermal energy) into another (e.g. mechanical energy). For example, Thomas Newcomer's steam-driven beam engine of 1712, which had been designed to operate a pump for the removal of water from the Worcestershire coalmines, was improved by James Watt and adopted for a variety of industrial purposes after 1769. However, it was Joseph-Marie Jacquard, a Frenchman, who in c.1800 devised an apparatus with perforated cards to automate the silk-weaving looms in Lyons.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherAgendaen_GB
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccessen_GB
dc.subjectIndustrial revolutionen_GB
dc.subjectTechnology transferen_GB
dc.subjectDiffusion of innovationsen_GB
dc.subjectEconomic historyen_GB
dc.titleScience, technology and the economyen_GB
dc.title.alternativeSOK, Systems of knowledge : a multidisciplinary approachen_GB
dc.typebookParten_GB
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