'Scaling up. The evolution of intellectual apparatus associated with the manufacture of heavy chemicals in Britain, 1900-1939' in A S Travis et al (eds), Determinants in the Evolution of the European Chemical Industry, 1900-1939
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- Author(s) Divall, Colin, & Sean F Johnston
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1998
- Pages pp199-214
- Publisher Kluwer Academic
- Place Published Dordrecht
Topics:
- Name Professions, professionalism & professionalisation
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Deals with the emergence of the profession of chemical engineer / engineering in Britain, notably 'how the particular circumstances under which chemical engineering emerged as a profession in Britain shaped the associated intellectual discipline'. Has sections: 'Conceptual foundations of the chemical engineering profession'; 'The origins of chemical engineering in Britain, 1900-1914'; 'Professional organization, plant design and unit operations'