The International Journal for the History of Engineering & Technology, Volume 90, Issue 1 (2020)

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Tongland works in Galloway and the women engineers
Louise Innes
Pages: 1-17
Published online: 08 Sep 2020
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The life and work of John Baildon, the man who took British 18th century iron innovations to Prussia between 1793 and 1836
Richard Williams
Pages: 18-52
Published online: 24 Aug 2020
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Steam engines on UK roads, 1862–1865: Banning orders, agricultural locomotives and the ‘red flag’ Act
John Agnew
Pages: 53-74
Published online: 10 Aug 2020
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The transfer and exploitation of German air-to-air rocket and guided missile technology by the Western Allies after World War II
James Mills
Pages: 75-108
Published online: 10 Aug 2020
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The Railway Revolution: A Study of the Early Railways of the Great Northern Coalfield 1605–1830
By Les Turnbull. 172 pp., 165 mostly coloured images. Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, North East England: North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, in association with the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Centre of the Stephenson Locomotive Society, 2019. £15 (Softback). ISBN: 9780993115158
Michael R. Bailey
Pages: 109-110
Published online: 05 Nov 2020
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Adventures in Aeronautical Design: The Life of Hilda M. Lyon
By NINA BAKER. 63 pp., 43 illustrations. Glasgow, Scotland: Crampton-Moorhouse Publishing. 2020. £8.50 (paperback). ISBN 9798650270584.
Clive Ellam
Pages: 111-112
Published online: 12 Nov 2020
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The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
By SYDNEY PADUA. 320 pp., more than 1000 illustrations. London: Penguin Books, 2016. £12.99 (Paperback). ISBN: 978-0-141-98153-6.
Robert Gwynne
Pages: 113-114
Published online: 30 Nov 2020
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The Factory That Became a Village: The History of the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Lock
By Jim Lewis. 160 pp., approximately 170 black and white illustrations. £18 (Softback). Faringdon: Redshank Books, 2019. ISBN: 978-0-9954834-4-6.
David Williams
Pages: 115-119
Published online: 12 Nov 2020
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William Fairbairn: The Experimental Engineer: A Study in Mid 19th-Century Engineering
By RICHARD BYROM. 440 pp., including 191 colour and b/w illustrations. Market Drayton: Railway and Canal Society. 2017. £40 (Hardback). ISBN: 9780901461643.
Ron Fitzgerald
Pages: 119-125
Published online: 30 Nov 2020
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Innovation in the Design of Scientific Instruments in the Georgian Era: The Role of the Society of Arts
By David Bryden. 237 pp., 65 black and white illustrations. William Shipley Group research paper no. 3: www.lulu.com (print on demand). 2019. £17.50 (paperback). ISBN: 978-0-244-20311-5
David E. Eaton
Pages: 125-128
Published online: 12 Nov 2020
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The Consulting Engineers: The British Consulting Engineers Who Created the World’s Infrastructure
By Hugh Ferguson and Mike Chrimes. 352 pp., illustrated. £45.00 (Hardback). London: ICE Publishing, 2020. ISBN: 9780727764003 [note publishers’ current price on website of £36.00 and a bundle price of all three titles; https://www.icebookshop.com/Products/The-Consulting-Engineers.aspx#more-info; https://www.icebookshop.com/Products/Bundle-The-Civil-Engineers,-The-Contractors-and-Th.aspx]
Stephen K. Jones
Pages: 128-132
Published online: 12 Nov 2020
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The Barry Railway: Its Docks & Successors
By BRIAN P. MILLS. 272 pp., over 200 illustrations. Neath: Bryngold Books, 2019. £35.00 (Hardback). ISBN: 1905900511. The publishers are currently offering free P&P, contact: [email protected]
Stephen K. Jones
Pages: 132-135
Published online: 25 Nov 2020
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Trans-Europe Express
. By Owen Hatherley. 448 pp., illustrated with photographs. London: Penguin books, 2018. £9.99 (Paperback). ISBN: 9780141991573.
Robert Carr
Pages: 135-137
Published online: 12 Nov 2020
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