عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
T40.H355 L63 2010eb
T40
.
H355
L63
2010eb
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0191574414
(Number (ISBN
0199573557
(Number (ISBN
1282346733
(Number (ISBN
6612346736
(Number (ISBN
9780191574412
(Number (ISBN
9780199573554
(Number (ISBN
9781282346734
(Number (ISBN
9786612346736
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b722069
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The Hancocks of Marlborough :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
rubber, art and the industrial revolution : a family of inventive genius /
First Statement of Responsibility
John Loadman and Francis James.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xx, 274 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Family Tree; 1. Marlborough, Wiltshire -- Roots; 2. The Hancocks Gather in London; 3. From Seawater to Steam; 4. Life, Death, and Bankruptcy; 5. The Family, the Law, and the End of a Dream; 6. Life's Ups and Downs; 7. A New Industry; 8. Gutta Percha Comes to Town; 9. The Great Hose Controversy; 10. The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations; 11. Back to the Courts; 12. A Life of Ease ; 13. Death and Dispositions; 14. Marlborough Cottage and the Great Aunts; 15. The Hancock Legacy; 16. James Lyne Hancock & Co.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
This book began with the aim of telling the almost forgotten story of Thomas Hancock, the rubber developer who in his own day was acknowledged as one of the great scientific pioneers of the Industrial Revolution. But as research progressed, it was clear that Thomas and his five brothers, the Hancocks of Marlborough, together constituted a unique family which made a tremendous yet virtually unknown contribution to nineteenth-century science and art. Walter designed and ranthe first steam carriages to carry passengers on the common roads of England and so began the age of mechanized transport. T.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
MIL
Stock Number
234673
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Hancocks of Marlborough.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Hancock, Thomas,1786-1865.
Hancock, Thomas,1786-1865.
TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
Hancock family-- England-- Marlborough.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Industrial revolution-- Great Britain-- History.
Inventors-- England-- Marlborough, Biography.
Rubber industry-- Great Britain-- History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- General.
Industrial revolution.
Inventors.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING-- History.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
England, Marlborough.
Great Britain.
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(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
BIO-- 000000
TEC-- 056000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
B
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
T40
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H355
Book number
L63
2010eb
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Loadman, John.
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
James, Francis.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201208134205.0
Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))
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ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
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