NATS 1760 Study Guide - Actualism, Beagle, Second Voyage Of Hms Beagle
6 Apr 2013
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Introduction to standards as a topic of historical investigations. Takes work to establish standards to measure. Creation of standards is political and social. 19th century interested in long distance communications: british transatlantic cable: the science and technology of empire. Cables that travel across the world for communication. Telegraph cables become a source of attack because people realize that if britain controls their empire through this way, you can attack them by breaking them. Telegraphs are critical for controlling asia and north america: the history of the transatlantic cable of 1857. Lay cable across the atlantic to link britain to north america. Because of the political importance of the cable it ends up being political failure and potential for danger. Union of science, engineering, politics, and social science: william thomson, precision measurements, and the integrity of british telegraphy. Practical aspects of natural philosophy are critical. Becomes interested in study of heat and how it relates to practical problems of machines.
