Article ID: CBB001252240

Augustin Betancourt and Mining Technologies: From Almadén to St Petersburg (1783--1824) (2010)

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In this article, the authors discuss the early professional experiences of Spanish engineer Augustin Betancourt in the Almadén Royal Mercury Mines in La Mancha, Spain, and their influence on his career. It is suggested that his work at Almadén influenced his later work in Spain, France, England, and Russia and instilled in him a lifelong interest in subjects such as furnaces, mills, firing, water pumps, and industrial hygiene. Topics discussed include Betancourt's work on the principles of double action and the elasticity of vapours as well as the general fields of mining and public works.

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Authors & Contributors
Gouzévitch, Irina
Aragón Albillos, Santiago
Amílcar, Martín Medina
Ausejo Martínez, Elena
Baldaquí Escandell, Josep Maria
Betancourt y Molina, Agustín de
Journals
Quaderns d'Història de l'Enginyeria
History of Technology
Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas
Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences
Cuadernos de Historia Contemporánea
VIET: Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznaniia i Tekhniki
Publishers
Associació Cívica per la Normalització del Valencià
CEIMES
Doce Calles
Real Academia de Ingeniería
Secretaria General del Plan Nacional de 1+D, Comision Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnologia
Stanford University Press
Concepts
National histories
Technology
Mines and mining
Engineering
Societies; institutions; academies
Steam engines; steam turbines
People
Betancourt y Molina, Agustín de
Prony, Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche, Baron de
Sabakin, Lev Fedorovich
Santponç i Roca, Francesc
Watt, James
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
20th century
17th century
20th century, early
21st century
Places
Spain
France
Russia
Latin America
Portugal
Valencia (Spain)
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