An economic history of British Steam engines, 1774-1870 : a study on technological diffusion / Haris Kitsikopoulos.
Kitsikopoulos, Haris, author.
2023
TJ461
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Title An economic history of British Steam engines, 1774-1870 : a study on technological diffusion / Haris Kitsikopoulos.
Author Kitsikopoulos, Haris, author.
ISBN 9783031273629 (electronic bk.)
3031273621 (electronic bk.)
9783031273612
3031273613
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27362-9
Published Cham : Springer, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 360 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-031-27362-9 doi
Call Number TJ461
Dewey Decimal Classification 621.1094109033
Summary This book traces the diffusion trajectory of the second and third generation of British steam engines, the Watt and high-pressure models, covering the period 1774 to 1870. It begins by subjecting to econometric analysis the latest version of Dr. Kanefsky's database on 18th century steam engines coming up with an upward revision of the total amount of horsepower installed by 1800. Subsequent chapters delve into the determinants of the diffusion process through the third quarter of the 19th century relating to engines used both in mining and industry as well as transportation (railways, steam cars). The book's main contribution to the literature lies in drawing material from a very large volume of 18th- and 19th-century sources found in the Dibner Library of Rare Books, Smithsonian, and by utilizing a fair amount of technical literature pertaining to the economic factors driving the diffusion process. This great expansion of the empirical material has led to bringing multiple revisions to the work of other authors on the key aspects and determinants of the diffusion process. In conjunction with the publication by the author of an earlier monograph on the first generation of steam engines, the Newcomen model, the present study completes the task of offering the most comprehensive account of the preeminent and most strategic technology of the British Industrial Revolution. This book will appeal to students, scholars, and researchers of economic history and history of technology, interested in a better understanding of the industrial revolution in general and the role of British steam engines in particular.
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Series Contributions to economics, 2197-7178
Available in Other Form ECONOMIC HISTORY OF BRITISH STEAM ENGINES, 1774 -1870.
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PART 1: 1774-1800
Chapter 1. The Extent of Steam Power Diffusion in Britain, 1774-1800: A Revision
Chapter 2. Engineering Skills and the Efficiency of Steam Engines During Watt’s Patent
Chapter 3. The Annual Cost of Watt vs. Newcomen Engines During the Duration of Watt's Patent and the Threshold Price of Coal
Chapter 4. The Cost of Alternative Power Sources in the Late Eighteenth Century: A Comparative Perspective
PART 2: 1800-1870
Chapter 5. The Emergence of High-ressure Cornish Engines: The Role of the Patent System and the Theory of Collective Invention
Chapter 6. The Evolution of Cornish Duties and the Expansion of the Engineering Industry
Chapter 7. Comparative Costs and the Diffusion of Steam and Water Power, 1800-70
Chapter 8. Steam Power in Transportation: Railways
Chapter 9. Dead Ends in the History of Technology: The Case of Steam Cars
Chapter 10. Epilogue.

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