The romantic machine utopian science and technology after Napoleon

Focusing on a set of celebrated technologies, including steam engines, electromagnetic and geophysical instruments, early photography, and mass-scale printing, Tresch looks at how new conceptions of energy, instrumentality, and association fueled such diverse developments as fantastic literature, po...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tresch, John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago, [Ill.] University of Chicago Press 2012, 2012
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index