Leslie Tomory
Biographic Data
| ID | 1467336 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leslie Tomory |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leslie |
| FAMILY NAME | Tomory |
| SIGNATURE | TOMORY L |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7361-683X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Governing Systems: Modernity and the Making of Public Health in England, 1830-1910 by Tom Crook
Reviewed by: Governing Systems: Modernity and the Making of Public Health in England, 1830–1910 by Tom Crook Leslie Tomory (bio) Governing Systems: Modernity and the Making of Public Health in England, 1830–1910 By Tom Crook. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2016. Pp. 408. Governing Systems: Modernity and the Making of Public Health in England, 1830–1910 By Tom Crook. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2016. Pp. 408. In this ambit…
London: Water and the Making of the Modern City by John Broich
Reviewed by: London: Water and the Making of the Modern City by John Broich Leslie Tomory (bio) London: Water and the Making of the Modern City. By John Broich. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2013. Pp. 232. $32. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, private water companies supplied most cities in Britain. Municipal provision was rare. This would change profoundly, however, as municipalities acquired private companies in alm…
Technology in the British Industrial Revolution
Technology and technological innovation has been one of the crucial features of the historiography of the Industrial Revolution. In the early nineteenth century, this focus on the “machinery question”, or the effects that machines had on the condition of labourer. Around 1900 academic historians began to explore the nature and causes of technological innovation, with Max Weber's thesis being the most influential. In the postwar period, optimistic…
The “Subtile Aereal Spirit of Fountains”: Mineral Waters and the History of Pneumatic Chemistry
The standard history of pneumatic chemistry is dominated by a landmark-discoverers-type narrative stretching from Robert Boyle, through Stephen Hales, Joseph Black, and Joseph Priestley, to Antoine Lavoisier. This article challenges this view by demonstrating the importance of the study of mineral waters - and their "aerial component" - to the evolution of pneumatic chemistry, from around van Helmont to the period before Black (1640s-1750s). Amon…
London's Water Supply before 1800 and the Roots of the Networked City
The New River Company was founded in London in the early seventeenth century to provide water for its inhabitants through a network of pipes. Although it grew slowly at first, after 1660 the company began to take on tens of thousands of customers. The company's rapid expansion caused it serious problems in distribution, forcing it to re-evaluate its strategy for distributing water. Relying on the recommendations of Christopher Wren and others, th…
Water technology in eighteenth-century London: The London Bridge Waterworks
The London Bridge Waterworks (LBWW) was founded in 1581 and lasted until the removal of the bridge in 1822. The waterworks was one of the largest water companies in London during this time. In contrast to the other water companies, its history was closely tied to both the bridge itself, as well as the City of London. Its initial growth was linked to the City's expansion, but was more limited in the eighteenth century because its pipes could not r…
The Question of Water Quality and London's New River in the Eighteenth Century
Although most historiographic attention about the quality of London's drinking water has been directed towards the nineteenth century, it was an important subject in the eighteenth century as well. This paper focuses particularly on the New River supply to the city and shows that different groups approached the subject in various ways. The New River Company was constantly concerned about quality in regard to matter that affected the water's taste…
Fostering a new industry in the Industrial Revolution: Boulton & Watt and gaslight 1800–1812
Gaslight emerged as a new industry after 1800 in Britain, but not in other countries in Europe where the technology existed as well. Among the many groups trying, it was only the firm of Boulton & Watt that succeeded in commercializing the invention for two important reasons. The first was that they possessed skills and experience related to ironworking and to making scientific instruments, both of which they used as they developed gaslight appar…
The Environmental History of the Early British Gas Industry, 1812–1830
The manufactured gas industry was established in the United Kingdom in 1812, spreading to most cities by 1820. The process of generating gas also produced highly toxic effluent that was dumped into sewers and rivers, and so the rise of the gas industry generated immediate opposition. Environmental histories of industrial pollution during the Industrial Revolution have generally claimed that there was hardly any legal action, in the courts or by P…
Building the First Gas Network, 1812-1820
Between 1812 and 1820, the Gas Light and Coke Company built the world's first urban gas network in London. The company transformed the technology from the existing stand-alone installations into an integrated network spanning much of the metropolis. Doing this involved solving business, technical, and social problems. Technically, the gas company found ways to generate large volumes of gas efficiently, mitigate leaks and stabilize pressure, and b…
Gaslight, Distillation, and the Industrial Revolution
Gaslight developed as an industry in Britain between 1795 and 1820, in the later part of the Industrial Revolution. Forms of the technology were, however, proposed by many people seemingly independently throughout Europe in the 25 years before 1 800. The most famous among the various engineers, instrument makers, and natural philosophers who used inflammable gases for lighting in the last quarter of the eighteenth century were William Murdoch in …
William Brownrigg's papers on fire-damps
In 1741–42, William Brownrigg prepared five papers on fire-damps for the Royal Society in which he articulated a theory of a gaseous state of matter, argued that different sorts of elastic fluid existed, and claimed that atmospheric air was a heterogeneous mixture of various elastic fluids with different properties that had only their elasticity in common. Although these papers were never published, there is a strong possibility that they influen…
Building the First Gas Network, 1812-1820
Between 1812 and 1820, the Gas Light and Coke Company built the world's first urban gas network in London. The company transformed the technology from the existing stand-alone installations into an integrated network spanning much of the metropolis. Doing this involved solving business, technical, and social problems. Technically, the gas company found ways to generate large volumes of gas efficiently, mitigate leaks and stabilize pressure, and b…
Technology in the British Industrial Revolution
Technology and technological innovation has been one of the crucial features of the historiography of the Industrial Revolution. In the early nineteenth century, this focus on the “machinery question”, or the effects that machines had on the condition of labourer. Around 1900 academic historians began to explore the nature and causes of technological innovation, with Max Weber's thesis being the most influential. In the postwar period, optimistic…
Water technology in eighteenth-century London: The London Bridge Waterworks
The London Bridge Waterworks (LBWW) was founded in 1581 and lasted until the removal of the bridge in 1822. The waterworks was one of the largest water companies in London during this time. In contrast to the other water companies, its history was closely tied to both the bridge itself, as well as the City of London. Its initial growth was linked to the City's expansion, but was more limited in the eighteenth century because its pipes could not r…
The Question of Water Quality and London's New River in the Eighteenth Century
Although most historiographic attention about the quality of London's drinking water has been directed towards the nineteenth century, it was an important subject in the eighteenth century as well. This paper focuses particularly on the New River supply to the city and shows that different groups approached the subject in various ways. The New River Company was constantly concerned about quality in regard to matter that affected the water's taste…
The Environmental History of the Early British Gas Industry, 1812–1830
The manufactured gas industry was established in the United Kingdom in 1812, spreading to most cities by 1820. The process of generating gas also produced highly toxic effluent that was dumped into sewers and rivers, and so the rise of the gas industry generated immediate opposition. Environmental histories of industrial pollution during the Industrial Revolution have generally claimed that there was hardly any legal action, in the courts or by P…
Gaslight, Distillation, and the Industrial Revolution
Gaslight developed as an industry in Britain between 1795 and 1820, in the later part of the Industrial Revolution. Forms of the technology were, however, proposed by many people seemingly independently throughout Europe in the 25 years before 1 800. The most famous among the various engineers, instrument makers, and natural philosophers who used inflammable gases for lighting in the last quarter of the eighteenth century were William Murdoch in …
William Brownrigg's papers on fire-damps
In 1741–42, William Brownrigg prepared five papers on fire-damps for the Royal Society in which he articulated a theory of a gaseous state of matter, argued that different sorts of elastic fluid existed, and claimed that atmospheric air was a heterogeneous mixture of various elastic fluids with different properties that had only their elasticity in common. Although these papers were never published, there is a strong possibility that they influen…
Building the First Gas Network, 1812-1820
Between 1812 and 1820, the Gas Light and Coke Company built the world's first urban gas network in London. The company transformed the technology from the existing stand-alone installations into an integrated network spanning much of the metropolis. Doing this involved solving business, technical, and social problems. Technically, the gas company found ways to generate large volumes of gas efficiently, mitigate leaks and stabilize pressure, and b…
Gaslight, Distillation, and the Industrial Revolution
Gaslight developed as an industry in Britain between 1795 and 1820, in the later part of the Industrial Revolution. Forms of the technology were, however, proposed by many people seemingly independently throughout Europe in the 25 years before 1 800. The most famous among the various engineers, instrument makers, and natural philosophers who used inflammable gases for lighting in the last quarter of the eighteenth century were William Murdoch in …
The Environmental History of the Early British Gas Industry, 1812–1830
The manufactured gas industry was established in the United Kingdom in 1812, spreading to most cities by 1820. The process of generating gas also produced highly toxic effluent that was dumped into sewers and rivers, and so the rise of the gas industry generated immediate opposition. Environmental histories of industrial pollution during the Industrial Revolution have generally claimed that there was hardly any legal action, in the courts or by P…
Fostering a new industry in the Industrial Revolution: Boulton & Watt and gaslight 1800–1812
Gaslight emerged as a new industry after 1800 in Britain, but not in other countries in Europe where the technology existed as well. Among the many groups trying, it was only the firm of Boulton & Watt that succeeded in commercializing the invention for two important reasons. The first was that they possessed skills and experience related to ironworking and to making scientific instruments, both of which they used as they developed gaslight appar…
Water technology in eighteenth-century London: The London Bridge Waterworks
The London Bridge Waterworks (LBWW) was founded in 1581 and lasted until the removal of the bridge in 1822. The waterworks was one of the largest water companies in London during this time. In contrast to the other water companies, its history was closely tied to both the bridge itself, as well as the City of London. Its initial growth was linked to the City's expansion, but was more limited in the eighteenth century because its pipes could not r…
The Question of Water Quality and London's New River in the Eighteenth Century
Although most historiographic attention about the quality of London's drinking water has been directed towards the nineteenth century, it was an important subject in the eighteenth century as well. This paper focuses particularly on the New River supply to the city and shows that different groups approached the subject in various ways. The New River Company was constantly concerned about quality in regard to matter that affected the water's taste…
London's Water Supply before 1800 and the Roots of the Networked City
The New River Company was founded in London in the early seventeenth century to provide water for its inhabitants through a network of pipes. Although it grew slowly at first, after 1660 the company began to take on tens of thousands of customers. The company's rapid expansion caused it serious problems in distribution, forcing it to re-evaluate its strategy for distributing water. Relying on the recommendations of Christopher Wren and others, th…
Technology in the British Industrial Revolution
Technology and technological innovation has been one of the crucial features of the historiography of the Industrial Revolution. In the early nineteenth century, this focus on the “machinery question”, or the effects that machines had on the condition of labourer. Around 1900 academic historians began to explore the nature and causes of technological innovation, with Max Weber's thesis being the most influential. In the postwar period, optimistic…
The “Subtile Aereal Spirit of Fountains”: Mineral Waters and the History of Pneumatic Chemistry
The standard history of pneumatic chemistry is dominated by a landmark-discoverers-type narrative stretching from Robert Boyle, through Stephen Hales, Joseph Black, and Joseph Priestley, to Antoine Lavoisier. This article challenges this view by demonstrating the importance of the study of mineral waters - and their "aerial component" - to the evolution of pneumatic chemistry, from around van Helmont to the period before Black (1640s-1750s). Amon…
London: Water and the Making of the Modern City by John Broich
Reviewed by: London: Water and the Making of the Modern City by John Broich Leslie Tomory (bio) London: Water and the Making of the Modern City. By John Broich. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2013. Pp. 232. $32. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, private water companies supplied most cities in Britain. Municipal provision was rare. This would change profoundly, however, as municipalities acquired private companies in alm…
Governing Systems: Modernity and the Making of Public Health in England, 1830-1910 by Tom Crook
Reviewed by: Governing Systems: Modernity and the Making of Public Health in England, 1830–1910 by Tom Crook Leslie Tomory (bio) Governing Systems: Modernity and the Making of Public Health in England, 1830–1910 By Tom Crook. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2016. Pp. 408. Governing Systems: Modernity and the Making of Public Health in England, 1830–1910 By Tom Crook. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2016. Pp. 408. In this ambit…
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