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Dick Price photograph, Malcolm Taylor's Atkinson box lorry, 1977.
No full textMalcolm Taylor's Atkinson box lorry photographed 1977
Dick Price photograph, Malcolm Taylor's flat lorry, 1977.
No full textMalcolm Taylor's flat lorry - registration 5718ED - photographed 1977
John Baskerville: art & industry of the Enlightenment
No full textThis book is concerned with the eighteenth-century typographer, printer, industrialist and Enlightenment figure, John Baskerville (1707-75). Baskerville was a Birmingham inventor, entrepreneur and artist with a worldwide reputation who made eighteenth-century Birmingham a city without typographic equal, by changing the course of type design. Baskerville not only designed one of the world’s most historically important typefaces, he also experimented with casting and setting type, improved the construction of the printing-press, developed a new kind of paper and refined the quality of printing inks. His typographic experiments put him ahead of his time, had an international impact and did much to enhance the printing and publishing industries of his day. Yet despite his importance, fame and influence many aspects of Baskerville’s work and life remain unexplored and his contribution to the arts, industry, culture and society of the Enlightenment are largely unrecognized. Moreover, recent scholarly research in archaeology, art and design, history, literary studies and typography, is leading to a fundamental reassessment of many aspects of Baskerville’s life and impact, including his birthplace, his work as an industrialist, the networks which sustained him and the reception of his printing in Britain and overseas. The last major, but publication of Baskerville dates from 1975. Now, forty years on, the time is ripe for a new book. This interdisciplinary approach provides an original contribution to printing history, eighteenth-century studies and the dissemination of ideas
James Watt: Culture, Innovation and Enlightenment
No full textJames Watt (1736-1819) was a pivotal figure of the Industrial Revolution. His career as a scientific instrument maker, inventor and engineer developed in Scotland, his land of birth, but his national and international significance as a successful technologist businessman, scientist was formed in Birmingham, where his partnership with Matthew Boulton and the intellectual and personal support of other members of Lunar network, such as Erasmus Darwin, James Keir, William Small and Josiah Wedgwood enabled him to translate his improvements in steam technology into efficient energy machines. His pumping and rotative steam engines represent the summit of technological achievement for the early industrial revolution in the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries and led to future developments in locomotive and steam ship design and mechanical engineering such as the steam hammer. This is the traditional picture of James Watt. His reputation as a hero of modernity was created after his death, not least by his son James Watt jnr. As a result other steam engine innovators were reduced in importance, the context in which he operated was underplayed and the ‘great man’ approach to making sense of the Industrial Revolution became an important dimension of popular historical understanding. This book aims to reassess Watt the man, his inventions and his contribution to the Enlightenment
Pen and Print: communication in the eighteenth century
No full textIn his preface to Paradise Lost (1758), John Baskerville, writing master and printer, described himself as ‘an admirer of the beauty of letters’ with a practical interest in the relationship between the written and printed word. This proposal takes his phrase as a starting point to explore different dimensions surrounding the production, distribution and consumption of both private and public letters, words and texts during the long eighteenth century (c. 1688-1820). In combination, the proposed papers consider how the processes of both writing and printing contributed to the creation of cultural identity and taste, assisted in the spread of knowledge and furthered both personal and national political, economic, social and cultural change in Britain and the wider world. Collectively the papers provide an original narrative on the nature of communication in the eighteenth century and together they bring fresh perspectives on printing history, print culture and the literate society of the Enlightenment
Introduction: pen, print and communication in the eighteenth century
No full textThe eighteenth century, perhaps more than any other, was a pivotal time in the development of the mechanics and methods of communication. Commercial, political, legal, social and religious interactions were all facilitated by a variety of material processes such as handwriting, painting, drawing, printing and engraving which coexisted alongside more ephemeral and immaterial means of communication including voice, gesture, costume and performance. New sites for consuming the products of communication emerged such as coffee houses, oratories, libraries, institutes, theatres, shops and galleries. Developments in road and water transport and postal systems facilitated means of communication and enabled the products of pen and print to travel further and faster than ever before. This introduction and subsequent chapter, considers pen, print and other forms of communication in the eighteenth century
Motion and mobility in the realist novels of Philip K Dick
No full textThis essay explores the ways that ideas of motion and mobility support readings of Philip K Dick's early novels that take full account of the changing geographical context. They are set during a period of rapid suburban expansion, the building of the interstate and the spread of automobility through car ownership, and their characters frequently exist in a state between continuity through conformity and the potential for change. The open ended forms of the novels reflect a world around Dick that was still under construction, and where alternative realities can be glimpsed between incomplete materialities
Pursuing History: The Joys and Hazards of Following All the Stories of the Past
No full textMemoirs of Ernest (Ern) J. Dick, historian and archivist. Ern worked at the CBC Archives, has many connections with the Nova Scotia historical community, and developed the "Moving Images of Atlantic Canada’" course at Saint Mary's University. He is also the author of "Silver Hair and Golden Voice - Austin Willis from Halifax to Hollywood", published by Nimbus in 2020
Dick Dinman Salutes WW2 Air Hero Jimmy Stewart
No full textThe dual releases of Olive Films stunning Blu-ray incarnation of the James Stewart air power classic STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND as well as author Robert Matzen’s awe inspiring book MISSION: JIMMY STEWART AND THE FIGHT FOR EUROPE, which for the first time ever reveals the truth about Stewart’s dangerous bombing missions over Germany, give producer/host Dick Dinman ample motivation to salute the spectacular military career of screen icon Stewart and Dick is joined by returning guest Robert Matzen as they marvel at the courage, skill and fortitude of this certifiable American hero.https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/wmpg_dvdcotr/1268/thumbnail.jp
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