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Table of Contents
Cover
Contents
List of figures and plates
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
1 Introduction
London, c. 1600-1800
Metropolitan science
Places, spaces and things
Case studies
2 City sights: Objects of knowledge and sites of exchange
The river of Thames
City streets
Shops and signs
Institutional spaces
3 Technical knowledge, experiment and secrecy at the seventeenth-century Mint
Introduction
The Royal Mint, technical knowledge and secrecy
Recoinage and regulating space
Assay, experiment and secrets
Conclusion
4 Manufacture, mathematics and experiment at the Ordnance Office and Arsenal
Introduction
Smiths, gunners and mathematicians at the Tower
Experiment at the Tower and beyond
Training: Laboratory and classroom
Woolwich Warren: Combining theory and practice
Conclusion
5 Artisanal and mercantile knowledge production and exchange at livery company halls
Introduction
The Assay Office at Goldsmiths' Hall
The Anatomy Theatre at Barber Surgeons' Hall
Conclusion
6 Experience and expertise at the Trinity House in Water Lane
Introduction
Authority, experience and expertise
Experience, knowledge and utility
Trinity House and mathematical navigation
Reasserting experience
Conclusion
7 Regulating practice and using knowledge at East India House
Introduction
Information and security at East India House
Regulation of navigational practice and its impact
The uses of knowledge
Conclusion
8 Conclusion
Selected bibliography
Index
Contents
List of figures and plates
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
1 Introduction
London, c. 1600-1800
Metropolitan science
Places, spaces and things
Case studies
2 City sights: Objects of knowledge and sites of exchange
The river of Thames
City streets
Shops and signs
Institutional spaces
3 Technical knowledge, experiment and secrecy at the seventeenth-century Mint
Introduction
The Royal Mint, technical knowledge and secrecy
Recoinage and regulating space
Assay, experiment and secrets
Conclusion
4 Manufacture, mathematics and experiment at the Ordnance Office and Arsenal
Introduction
Smiths, gunners and mathematicians at the Tower
Experiment at the Tower and beyond
Training: Laboratory and classroom
Woolwich Warren: Combining theory and practice
Conclusion
5 Artisanal and mercantile knowledge production and exchange at livery company halls
Introduction
The Assay Office at Goldsmiths' Hall
The Anatomy Theatre at Barber Surgeons' Hall
Conclusion
6 Experience and expertise at the Trinity House in Water Lane
Introduction
Authority, experience and expertise
Experience, knowledge and utility
Trinity House and mathematical navigation
Reasserting experience
Conclusion
7 Regulating practice and using knowledge at East India House
Introduction
Information and security at East India House
Regulation of navigational practice and its impact
The uses of knowledge
Conclusion
8 Conclusion
Selected bibliography
Index