A History of Technology, Volume 6Trevor I. Williams, Charles Joseph Singer |
Contents
THE SETTING IN WORLD HISTORY by T K DERRY O B E | 1 |
ELECTRICITY by BRIAN BOWERS Department of Electrical Engineering | 12 |
CERAMICS by W F FORD Reader in Ceramics University of Sheffield 622 | 26 |
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