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The Sources of Invention

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  1. John Jewkes
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  2. David Sawers
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  3. Richard Stillerman
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A study of the causes and consequences of industrial innovation through the inventions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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Table of contents (66 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-15
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  2. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Introduction

      • John Jewkes, David Sawers, Richard Stillerman
      Pages 19-33

    3. Modern Views on Invention

      • John Jewkes, David Sawers, Richard Stillerman
      Pages 34-39

    4. Inventors and Invention in the Nineteenth Century

      • John Jewkes, David Sawers, Richard Stillerman
      Pages 40-64

    5. Some Recent Important Inventions

      • John Jewkes, David Sawers, Richard Stillerman
      Pages 65-78

    6. The Individual Inventor

      • John Jewkes, David Sawers, Richard Stillerman
      Pages 79-103

    7. Research in the Industrial Corporation: I

      • John Jewkes, David Sawers, Richard Stillerman
      Pages 104-116

    8. Research in the Industrial Corporation: II

      • John Jewkes, David Sawers, Richard Stillerman
      Pages 117-151

    9. The Development of Inventions

      • John Jewkes, David Sawers, Richard Stillerman
      Pages 152-168

    10. Conclusions and Speculations

      • John Jewkes, David Sawers, Richard Stillerman
      Pages 169-193

    11. The Past Ten Years: A Retrospect

      • John Jewkes, David Sawers, Richard Stillerman
      Pages 194-228

  3. Summaries of Original Case Histories

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-229
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    2. Automatic Transmissions

      • John Jewkes, David Sawers, Richard Stillerman
      Pages 231-233

    3. Bakelite

      • John Jewkes, David Sawers, Richard Stillerman
      Pages 233-234

    4. Ball-Point Pen

      • John Jewkes, David Sawers, Richard Stillerman
      Pages 234-235

    5. Catalytic Cracking of Petroleum

      • John Jewkes, David Sawers, Richard Stillerman
      Pages 235-237

    6. Cellophane

      • John Jewkes, David Sawers, Richard Stillerman
      Pages 237-238

    7. Continuous Casting of Steel

      • John Jewkes, David Sawers, Richard Stillerman
      Pages 239-241

    8. Continuous Hot Strip Rolling

      • John Jewkes, David Sawers, Richard Stillerman
      Pages 241-243
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Sources of Invention

  • Authors: John Jewkes, David Sawers, Richard Stillerman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00015-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: John Jewkes, David Sawers and Richard Stillerman 1969

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-00017-3Published: 01 January 1969

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-00015-9Published: 18 June 1969

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XI, 372

  • Topics: History of Technology

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