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A Tale of Three Thirsty Cities

The Innovative Water Supply Systems of Toledo, London and Paris in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century

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ISBN: 978-90-04-31240-1

Verlag: Brill

Erscheinungstermin: 16.11.2017

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In A Tale of Three Thirsty Cities: The Innovative Water Supply Systems of Toledo, London and Paris in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century, Chaim Shulman presents an analysis of three projects of urban water supply systems carried out between 1560s–1610s. The technical and economic differences between these projects resulted from external conditions not directly related to the water supply problem. Although the same basic technology was apparently available at the time in all cases, the geographical, engineering, entrepreneurial and cultural nature of each region differed. The inhabitants’ wellbeing improvement achieved varied accordingly. Much broader insights are drawn on the policies of the three monarchies regarding the initiative of and support for grand scale public works in general.

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Artikelnummer: 9789004312401
Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-90-04-31240-1
Verlag: Brill
Erscheinungstermin: 16.11.2017
Sprache(n): Englisch
Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2017
Serie: Technology and Change in History
Produktform: Gebunden
Gewicht: 454 g
Seiten: 398
Format (B x H x T): 160 x 239 x 28 mm
Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt

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Abbreviations, Date Conventions and Notes

List of Figures Included in the Text

Introduction

The Subject of Our Research

Mechanical’ Engineers and Know-How Migration

1 Human Water Consumption in England, France and Spain in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

2 Water-lifting Technology in the Graeco-Roman World and Its Development through the Renaissance

The Invention of Water-lifting Devices

The Use of Water-lifting Devices in the Roman Era

Islamic Technological Influence

The Diffusion of the Waterwheel in Europe

The Improvement of Water Lifting Technology in Europe, Evolution or Quantum Leaps?

Basic Water Raising Technologies

Direct Water-lifting with Compartmented Waterwheels

Archimedean Screws

Ctesibius’ Double-Acting Force Pumps

Theatres of Machines

Complex Water Lifting Configurations Relevant to the Present Study

Water-Raising Machines at Atmospheric Pressure

Transmission of Power through Distances

Waterwheels Sensitivity to Variations in the Level of the River Flow

Piping Networks

The Diffusion of False Know-How

The Italian Strategy—Gravity Based Solutions

3 Toledo

Spain and Toledo in the 1560s

Early Attempts to Supply Water to Toledo

Water Supply to Toledo in the Sixteenth Century

Juanelo Turriano

The Artificio

Iconographic Representations and Exact Location of the Artificio Building

The Artificio’s Technology—The Operational Principle

Escosura y Beck—The Inclined Plane Theory

The Vertical Solution, Proposed by Ladislao Reti

Juan Luis Peces Ventas’ Improvement of the Inclined Plane Theory

Nicolás García Tapia’s Proposition

Francesc Xavier Jufre García’s Concept: Operating Valturio Scales

Unanswered Technical Questions

Technical Conclusions

The Artificio, as Seen by Contemporary Writers

The Ingenio of Juan Fernández del Castillo

Land Reclamation and Sewerage in Spain

The Spanish Attitude Towards Science and Technology during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

4 London

Tudor London in the 1580s

Early Attempts to Provide the City with a Water Supply System

The Elizabethan Patent System

Peter Morris

The London Bridge Waterworks in Contemporary Sources

Technical Operation

Supporting Evidence for Bate’s Interpretation of Morris’ Operational Principle

The External Appearance of the London Waterworks

The Consequences of the Installation of Waterwheels on the London Bridge

The Later Development of the London Bridge Waterworks

Other Initiatives

The New River

Competition between the Different Water Suppliers

Land Reclamation and Sewerage in England

5 Paris

Government and Municipal Authorities—Paris Administration and Development in the Late Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries

History of Former Water Supply Undertakings

La Samaritaine

The Operational Principle of La Samaritaine

Description of the Original Samaritaine Building in Contemporary Travelogues

Depictions of the Original Building of La Samaritaine in Maps and Views of Paris

The Samaritaine Building after its Renovation in 1714

Additional Initiatives to Solve the Water Problem in the Seventeenth Century

Pumps at Pont Notre Dame

The Machine at Marly

Land Reclamation and Sewerage in France

6 Conclusions

Sources and Bibliography

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