Hancocks of Marlborough
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Hancocks of Marlborough
Rubber, Art and the Industrial Revolution - A Family of Inventive Genius
James, Francis; Loadman, John
Oxford University Press
09/2009
298
Dura
Inglês
9780199573554
15 a 20 dias
This book tells the largely unknown history of the Hancock family of Marlborough. It shows how members of one unique family were responsible for creating the earliest form of mechanized transport in the world, the foundation of the UK rubber industry, and the beginnings of the global information highway.
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 Depositions ; 14. Marlborough Cottage and the Great Aunts ; 15. The Hancock Legacy ; 16. James Lyne Hancock & Co ; Epilogue: Thoughts on a Dynasty ; Appendix I: The fourteen patents of Thomas Hancock 'for the treatment and application of INDIA RUBBER' ; Appendix II: Mechanical Applications of Vulcanized India Rubber as described by Thomas Hancock ; Appendix III: Technical Development of the Rubber Industry 1850-1950
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This book tells the largely unknown history of the Hancock family of Marlborough. It shows how members of one unique family were responsible for creating the earliest form of mechanized transport in the world, the foundation of the UK rubber industry, and the beginnings of the global information highway.
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 Depositions ; 14. Marlborough Cottage and the Great Aunts ; 15. The Hancock Legacy ; 16. James Lyne Hancock & Co ; Epilogue: Thoughts on a Dynasty ; Appendix I: The fourteen patents of Thomas Hancock 'for the treatment and application of INDIA RUBBER' ; Appendix II: Mechanical Applications of Vulcanized India Rubber as described by Thomas Hancock ; Appendix III: Technical Development of the Rubber Industry 1850-1950
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