An Arcadian Apparatus
The Introduction of the Steam Engine into the Dutch Landscape
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4024968 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lissa Roberts (0000-0002-9370-8467, University of Twente, corresponding author), Lissa Louise Roberts |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 251-276 |
| Publication date | 2004-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Technology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tech.2004.0089 |
| OpenAlex | W2026499619 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 17 |
This article begins by tracing the history that led to the construction of the first fully Dutch steam engine on the country estate of an urban oligarch. The goal here is to highlight the role of gardens and fountain design in the early development of steam engines and emphasize that Dutch interest in steam during the eighteenth century was based largely on issues related to drainage and water management. This concern with the landscape - whether on a private estate or in the "national garden" - is examined more broadly in the rest of the article, which treats the historical significance of placing such a novel apparatus in the Dutch landscape, both physically and symbolically. While the 'machine in the garden' proved a menacing image in other cultures, the steam engine's first Dutch advocates projected it as an Arcadian apparatus
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Architectural engineering · Art · Economics · Economy · Estate · Fountain · Political science · Steam engine · Tracing · Computer Science · Engineering · Financial Crisis of the 21st Century · Historical Art and Culture Studies · Historical Influence and Diplomacy · History · Law · Mechanical Engineering
Patriots and liberators
Social formation and symbolic landscape
The Machine in the Garden
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Patents and patentees in the Dutch republic between c.1580 and 1720
The Genius of the Place
The Dutch Regence Garden
The Steam Engine of Thomas Newcomen
The English Vision
A New View of European Industrialization
The show that never ends
Wonders never cease
The Early Diffusion of Steam Power
Technology on Trial
Hero's Pneumatica
Science Becomes Electric
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2019 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |