Le Roux, Muriel (Author)
This paper explores the history of the isolation and industrial production of aluminium in France, from the work of Henri Sainte-Claire Deville in the 1850s to the latter part of the twentieth century, focusing on the relationships between academic research and industrial exploitation. In particular, it identifies a culture and organisation of research and development, “learning-by-doing,” that emerged in the French aluminium industry following the establishment of the first electrolytic production facilities in the late 1880s by Paul Héroult, who, along with the American Charles Hall, patented the electrolytic method of producing the metal. This French method of R&D was a product both of a scientific culture that saw a continuity between scientific research and industrial application, and of a state policy that, unlike in Germany or the United States, was late to recognise the importance of fostering, on a large scale, the relations between academic chemistry and industry. It was only after World War II that the French state came fully to recognise the importance of underpinning industry with scientific research. And it was only from the 1960s, in the face of intensifying global competition, the risks of pollution, and the cost of energy, that the major aluminium firm Pechiney et Cie was able to replace a culture of “learning-by-doing” by one that integrated fundamental science with the production process.
...MoreArticle Reinhardt, Carsten (2015) Sites of Chemistry in the Twentieth Century. Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (pp. 109-113).
Book
Serge Benoît;
(2020)
D'eau et de feu : forges et énergie hydrauliqueXVIIIe-XXe siècle. Une histoire singulière de l'industrialisation française
(/isis/citation/CBB719763603/)
Book
Smith, George David;
(2003)
From Monopoly to Competition: The Transformations of Alcoa, 1888--1986
(/isis/citation/CBB000740188/)
Article
Levitt, Theresa;
(2013)
Liberty, Equality, Technology: Virtuous Inventors and Base Profiteers in the French Industrial Revolution and Beyond
(/isis/citation/CBB001320535/)
Book
François Jarrige;
Alexis Vrignon;
Alain Gras;
(2020)
Face à la puissance: une histoire des énergies alternatives à l'âge industriel (Facing power: A history of alternative energies in the industrial age)
(/isis/citation/CBB748027937/)
Book
Black, Brian C.;
(2012)
Crude Reality: Petroleum in World History
(/isis/citation/CBB001201520/)
Book
Marco Venanzi;
(2020)
Carbone, lignite e acciaio. La battaglia per l'energia. L'acciaieria di Terni e le miniere di lignite umbre dal 1860 al 1960
(/isis/citation/CBB075272255/)
Article
Jeffery Boadu;
Viktor Pál;
(2020)
Continuities of Dependence: Hydropower and Modernisation in Twentieth-Century Ghana
(/isis/citation/CBB891955164/)
Book
Greene, Ann Norton;
(2008)
Horses at Work: Harnessing Power in Industrial America
(/isis/citation/CBB001550729/)
Article
Elmore, Bartow;
(2010)
Hydrology and Residential Segregation in the Postwar South: An Environmental History of Atlanta, 1865--1895
(/isis/citation/CBB001231360/)
Article
Garland E. Allen;
(2017)
Mendelism and the Promise of A New Agriculture, 1900-1945
(/isis/citation/CBB500275953/)
Book
Giorgio Dell'Oro;
(2021)
Mondi di carta. Materie prime, usi e commerci in età moderna (XVI-XIX secc.)
(/isis/citation/CBB940967542/)
Book
Levin, Miriam R.;
(2000)
Cultures of Control
(/isis/citation/CBB000110176/)
Book
Jones, Peter;
(2008)
Industrial Enlightenment: Science, Technology and Culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands, 1760--1820
(/isis/citation/CBB001035870/)
Book
Michele Lungonelli;
Martina Migliorini;
(2002)
Piero Ginori Conti: scienza, cultura e innovazione industriale nella Toscana del Novecento
(/isis/citation/CBB414583457/)
Article
Malm, Andreas;
(2013)
Fleeing the Flowing Commons: Robert Thom, Water Reservoir Schemes, and the Shift to Steam Power in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain
(/isis/citation/CBB001213633/)
Book
Griffin, Emma;
(2010)
A Short History of the British Industrial Revolution
(/isis/citation/CBB001033498/)
Book
Carl A. Zimring;
(2017)
Aluminum Upcycled: Sustainable Design in Historical Perspective
(/isis/citation/CBB847178047/)
Article
Osaki, Toshihiko;
Kameyama, Tetsuya;
(2003)
The Role of National Institutions in the Industrialization of Aichi Prefecture: I. The Establishment of Nagoya Branches of Mechanical Engineering Laboratory and Government Chemical Industrial Research Institute, Tokyo, Part 1
(/isis/citation/CBB000770596/)
Article
Nocera, Daniel G.;
(2012)
Can We Progress from Solipsistic Science to Frugal Innovation?
(/isis/citation/CBB001320104/)
Book
Knowles, Anne Kelly;
(2013)
Mastering Iron: The Struggle to Modernize an American Industry, 1800--1868
(/isis/citation/CBB001320950/)
Be the first to comment!