William Worthington
Biographic Data
| ID | 1467207 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Worthington |
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| FAMILY NAME | Worthington |
| SIGNATURE | WORTHINGTON W |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3686-4252 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Construction machinery
Invisible Fuel
Invisible Fuel is a fine addition to a growing list of histories of the gas industry. Even though some of the topics addressed here have been discussed by other authors, Christopher J. Castaneda's presentation is significant in that it concludes with the present. That is an important point, as this appears to be an industry worthy (perhaps in need) of continued scrutiny. Castaneda sets out to place the gas industry in historical context and in th…
A Century in the Works
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 1031 relli notes, things get more complex: some decisions are based on the engineering mind-set, but others are affected by cost factors, power battles, organizational allegiances, and a variety of other social influ ences. Although Bucciarelli provides some real insights into the objectworld mind-set of engineers, his analysis of the social dimensions of the design process is not as satisfactory. He does not …
A Century in the Works
Ferris Wheels
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 201 The film industry’s continuing efforts to co-opt television to its advantage resulted in the rental and sale of feature films to television. By the 1970s more people were watching movies on television than in the theater. Made-for-TV movies became even more successful than overexposed theatrical releases. Eventually, cable TV took over as second-run outlets for the industry. The emergence of home video has …
Ferris Wheels
Tidewater by Steamboat
Lighting the Town
938 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE developers of both turbines and hydroelectric plants; a number involved Swiss and U.S. engineers. Swiss manufacturers such as Sulzer-Escher Wyss produced some of the best turbines in the world. Schnitter reminds us that Swiss contributions to the science of hydraulics were extraordinarily numerous for such a small country. Among the outstanding pioneers were Johann Bernoulli and Daniel Bernoulli, Leonhard E…
Tidewater by Steamboat
152 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Tidewater by Steamboat: A Saga of the Chesapeake. By David C. Holly. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. Pp. xix + 314; illustrations, notes, appendixes, bibliography, index. $29.95. For much of its relatively brief history, steamboating on the Chesapeake Bay was synonymous with the name Weems. It was George Weems who was primarily responsible for bringing together the technology of the steambo…
Lighting the Town
Emergence of Gaslighting 1805-26 Growth and Maturity 1827-80 Company Creation and Capital Formation to 1826 Gas Shares and Government Controls Management Strategy and Business Development to 1830 The Management of Expansion Municipalisation and Municipal Trading Lighting the Town
The Colossus of 1812
The Colossus of 1812
412 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE In 1849 Crozet became chief engineer to the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, which enabled him to build his long-cherished tunnel under the Blue Ridge. It was four-fifths of a mile long and 700 feet below the mountain top—a difficult building task through hard rock. The book gives an account of construction and labor difficulties. In 1858 Crozet was called to Washington to work on the water-supply aqueduct and …
The Privy and the Pump
The Cover Design THE PRIVY AND THE PUMP: THE MATTHEWMAN & JOHNSON EXCAVATING DEVICE WILLIAM WORTHINGTON, JR. Among the countless advances for which 20th-century America likely will be remembered is the almost universal use of sewerage. Yet in some respects the 19th century lives on. Who hasn’t attended an outdoor event where the needs of the participants were met by portable chemical toilets? Do the conditions fostered by these plastic cubicles—w…
Growth through Welding
The Privy and the Pump
The Cover Design THE PRIVY AND THE PUMP: THE MATTHEWMAN & JOHNSON EXCAVATING DEVICE WILLIAM WORTHINGTON, JR. Among the countless advances for which 20th-century America likely will be remembered is the almost universal use of sewerage. Yet in some respects the 19th century lives on. Who hasn’t attended an outdoor event where the needs of the participants were met by portable chemical toilets? Do the conditions fostered by these plastic cubicles—w…
Growth through Welding
The Privy and the Pump
The Cover Design THE PRIVY AND THE PUMP: THE MATTHEWMAN & JOHNSON EXCAVATING DEVICE WILLIAM WORTHINGTON, JR. Among the countless advances for which 20th-century America likely will be remembered is the almost universal use of sewerage. Yet in some respects the 19th century lives on. Who hasn’t attended an outdoor event where the needs of the participants were met by portable chemical toilets? Do the conditions fostered by these plastic cubicles—w…
The Colossus of 1812
The Colossus of 1812
412 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE In 1849 Crozet became chief engineer to the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, which enabled him to build his long-cherished tunnel under the Blue Ridge. It was four-fifths of a mile long and 700 feet below the mountain top—a difficult building task through hard rock. The book gives an account of construction and labor difficulties. In 1858 Crozet was called to Washington to work on the water-supply aqueduct and …
Tidewater by Steamboat
Lighting the Town
938 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE developers of both turbines and hydroelectric plants; a number involved Swiss and U.S. engineers. Swiss manufacturers such as Sulzer-Escher Wyss produced some of the best turbines in the world. Schnitter reminds us that Swiss contributions to the science of hydraulics were extraordinarily numerous for such a small country. Among the outstanding pioneers were Johann Bernoulli and Daniel Bernoulli, Leonhard E…
Tidewater by Steamboat
152 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Tidewater by Steamboat: A Saga of the Chesapeake. By David C. Holly. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. Pp. xix + 314; illustrations, notes, appendixes, bibliography, index. $29.95. For much of its relatively brief history, steamboating on the Chesapeake Bay was synonymous with the name Weems. It was George Weems who was primarily responsible for bringing together the technology of the steambo…
Lighting the Town
Emergence of Gaslighting 1805-26 Growth and Maturity 1827-80 Company Creation and Capital Formation to 1826 Gas Shares and Government Controls Management Strategy and Business Development to 1830 The Management of Expansion Municipalisation and Municipal Trading Lighting the Town
Ferris Wheels
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 201 The film industry’s continuing efforts to co-opt television to its advantage resulted in the rental and sale of feature films to television. By the 1970s more people were watching movies on television than in the theater. Made-for-TV movies became even more successful than overexposed theatrical releases. Eventually, cable TV took over as second-run outlets for the industry. The emergence of home video has …
Ferris Wheels
A Century in the Works
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 1031 relli notes, things get more complex: some decisions are based on the engineering mind-set, but others are affected by cost factors, power battles, organizational allegiances, and a variety of other social influ ences. Although Bucciarelli provides some real insights into the objectworld mind-set of engineers, his analysis of the social dimensions of the design process is not as satisfactory. He does not …
A Century in the Works
Invisible Fuel
Invisible Fuel is a fine addition to a growing list of histories of the gas industry. Even though some of the topics addressed here have been discussed by other authors, Christopher J. Castaneda's presentation is significant in that it concludes with the present. That is an important point, as this appears to be an industry worthy (perhaps in need) of continued scrutiny. Castaneda sets out to place the gas industry in historical context and in th…
Construction machinery
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