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This book examines the development of the English patent system and its relationship with technical change during the period between 1660 and 1800, when the patent system evolved from an instrument of royal patronage into one of commercial competition among the inventors and manufacturers of the Industrial Revolution. It analyses the legal and political framework within which patenting took place and gives an account of the motivations and fortunes of patentees, who obtained patents for a variety of purposes beyond the simple protection of an invention. It includes the first in-depth attempt to gauge the reliability of the patent statistics as a measure of inventive activity and technical change in the early part of the Industrial Revolution, and suggests that the distribution of patents is a better guide to the advance of capitalism than to the centres of inventive activity. It also queries the common assumption that the chief goal of inventors was to save labour, and examines contemporary criticism of the patent system in the light of the changing conceptualisation of invention among natural scientists and political economists.
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This book examines the development of the English patent system and its relationship with technical change during the period between 1660 and 1800, when the patent system evolved from an instrument of royal patronage into one of commercial competition among the inventors and manufacturers of the Industrial Revolution.
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0521301041
- ISBN 13 9780521301046
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages314
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Inventing the Industrial Revolution: The English Patent System, 1660â "1800
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fair. This book examines the development of the English patent system and its relationship with technical change during the period between 1660 and 1800, when the patent system evolved from an instrument of royal patronage into one of commercial competition among the inventors and manufacturers of the Industrial Revolution. It analyses the legal and political framework within which patenting took place and gives an account of the motivations and fortunes of patentees, who obtained patents for a variety of purposes beyond the simple protection of an invention. It includes the first in-depth attempt to gauge the reliability of the patent statistics as a measure of inventive activity and technical change in the early part of the Industrial Revolution, and suggests that the distribution of patents is a better guide to the advance of capitalism than to the centres of inventive activity. It also queries the common assumption that the chief goal of inventors was to save labour, and examines contemporary criticism of the patent system in the light of the changing conceptualisation of invention among natural scientists and political economists. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Seller Inventory # GOR012690439
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Inventing the Industrial Revolution. The English Patent System 1660 - 1800
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback in jacket 1988. 1st edition. 23.5x16cm. x+302 pages. Clean & tight book. BROWNED PAGES. Flat pages. No inscriptions. Jacket has some edge wear. Front flap has a crease. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched with TRACKING boxed in cardboard. ref DZX. Seller Inventory # 051451
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