Publications----Institute for the History of Natural Science Chinese Academy of Sciences

Title:

Earliest Locomotives in Italy and China from the Perspective of Technology Transfer

Author:

Jounal:

Mechanisms and Machine Science

YEAR:

2022-08-01

Vol.:

122

No.:

Page:

25-33

Abstract:

Historical conditions and features of earliest stage of introducing loco?motive technology in Italy and China in 19th Century are outlined and compared. The paper presents how a technological innovation realized its global transfer in the 19th century and the differences between the developments in the two countries in terms of technology transfer.