Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- The Contributors -- Notes for Contributors -- Making Things from New Ideas -- INTRODUCTION -- ARCHAEOLOGICAL FANTASY -- ECONOMIC GROWTH -- CLUSTERS AROUND A NEW MATERIAL: SHIFTING OF ATOMS -- MECHANISM OF INNOVATION -- THE MODEL -- TRAPS -- KNOWLEDGE -- THE INNOVATION PROCESS -- MECHANISM OF INNOVATION -- ARTEFACTS -- TRIANGLE ROTATION -- TRIANGLE TREES -- PREDICTIONS -- WEALTH -- CONCLUSIONS -- References -- The Twenty-One Books of Engines and Machines Attributed to Pedro Juan de Lastanosa -- INTRODUCTION -- THE TITLE PAGES ADDED IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY -- AN OVERVIEW OF TECHNOLOGY IN SPAIN IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY -- ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE -- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY -- PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION -- IN SEARCH OF THE AUTHOR -- PEDRO JUAN DE LASTANOSA -- SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS -- EPILOGUE -- Notes and References -- Richard Roberts' Contributions to Production Engineering -- THE SPINNING MULE: ROBERTS SHOWS HIS INVENTIVE GENIUS -- REED-MAKING MACHINES AND POWER LOOMS: EARLY VENTURES INTO AUTOMATION -- ROBERTS RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF MACHINE TOOLS -- MACHINE TOOLS: FROM THE GENERAL TO THE SPECIFIC -- THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY FOR THE ORIGINS OF PRODUCTION ENGINEERING -- THE EMERGENCE OF STANDARDIZED PRODUCTION -- CONCLUSION -- Notes and References -- Promoting British Aviation in 1950s Cinema -- JET PLANE EXPLODES. Geoffrey de Havilland Killed FASTER THAN SOUND? -- Notes and References -- Special Issue: Engineering Disasters -- 1. Introduction -- Notes and References -- 2. Maritime Disasters and the Law -- INTRODUCTION -- EARLY DAYS -- FREEBOARD AND LIFESAVING -- INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS -- INTERESTS -- FORMAL INQUIRIES -- REMAINING PROBLEMS -- CONCLUSIONS -- Notes and References -- 3. Suspension Bridges -- Notes and References.

4. The Causes of the Great Sheffield Flood of 1864 -- Notes and References -- 5. Semiconductor Manufacture and Chemical Contamination within Silicon Valley -- Notes and References -- 6. Gunpowder: A Capricious and Unmerciful Thing -- EARLY REGULATION BY THE STATE: SECURING SUPPLIES -- CONTROLLING THE TRANSPORT AND STORAGE OF GUNPOWDER -- PRACTICAL MEASURES AND PUBLIC OPINION -- TECHNOLOGY AND SAFETY IN GUNPOWDER MAKING -- SAFER POWDER MILLS? THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS OF THE INDUSTRY -- SAFETY IN THE EXPLOSIVES INDUSTRY: THE CROWN v THE PEOPLE -- Notes and References -- 7. Engineering Disasters: Thoughts of a Factory Inspector -- Notes and References -- 8. Fatigue as a Factor in Aeronautical Disasters -- INTRODUCTION -- FATIGUE IN EARLY AVIATION -- JET PROPULSION AND ALTITUDE OPERATION -- DISASTER AND THE 'COMET' -- SAFE LIFE AND FAIL SAFE -- Notes and References -- 9. Design Compromises in the Space Shuttle -- Notes and References -- 10. Past and Future Bridge Failures -- INTRODUCTION -- THE NATURE OF FAILURE -- HISTORIC BRIDGE FAILURES -- SIBLY'S THESIS -- DEE BRIDGE -- TAY BRIDGE -- QUEBEC BRIDGE -- TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE -- SIBLY'S GENERALIZATION -- A 30-YEAR CYCLE? -- A MILLENNIUM OCCURRENCE -- CABLE-STAYED BRIDGES -- CONCLUSION -- Notes and References -- Former Volumes.