'Applied science' in nineteenth-century Britain: public discourse and the creation of meaning, 1817-1876

• Published in: History and technology Vol. 30; no. 1-2; pp. 3 - 36
• Main Author: Bud, Robert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 03.04.2014
• Subjects: 19th century; Applied science; Educational institutions; Great Britain; history of concepts; Institutional change; Narratives; nineteenth century; Periodicals; Public sphere; United Kingdom; Universities

'Applied science' has long been a competitor with the concept of technology for the space between theory and praxis. This paper explores how the concept emerged in mid-nineteenth-century Britain through public sphere discussions in a cycle of rhetoric that linked the press, the development...