The mere handicrafts : Ure’s Dictionary (1839-1853)compared with the Dictionnaire technologique(1822-1835)
Technology, in the nineteenth-century sense of ‘science of the industrial arts’, comes in two varieties. The tradition of special technology began in 1777, when Beckmann published his Anleitung zur Technologie. The tradition of general technology began in 1806, when Beckmann published his Entwurf de...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:dht_1541 https://doi.org/10.4000/dht.1541 urn:doi:10.4000/dht.1541 fr https://journals.openedition.org/dht/1541 2011-06-21T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/f62a All rights reserved The mere handicrafts : Ure’s Dictionary (1839-1853)compared with the Dictionnaire technologique(1822-1835) Documents pour l'histoire des techniques Centre d'histoire des techniques et de l'environnement du Cnam (CDHTE-Cnam) Société des élèves du CDHTE-Cnam info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1775-4194 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/0417-8726 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/dht Mertens, Joost industrie technologie mécanisation dictionnaires techniques métiers Andrew Ure industry technology mechanization technological dictionaries crafts Andrew Ure Technology, in the nineteenth-century sense of ‘science of the industrial arts’, comes in two varieties. The tradition of special technology began in 1777, when Beckmann published his Anleitung zur Technologie. The tradition of general technology began in 1806, when Beckmann published his Entwurf der allgemeinen Technologie. The former tradition entered France at the turn of the century. One of the more important French technological productions is the Dictionnaire technologique, launched by Lenormand and Francœur in 1822. Examples of the latter tradition are Christian’s Plan de technonomie and Ure’s Philosophy of Manufactures. Ure was also active in the field of special technology. In 1839, he published the first edition of his Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines. This dictionary has 1 million words, the Dictionnaire technologique four million. The difference of three million words has to be explained by the fact that Ure explicitly omitted various parts of human industry, particularly the mere handicrafts. It turns out that he is especially interested in automatic manufactures operating with self-acting machines, the most perfect manufacture being that which dispenses entirely with manual labour. In this technological utopia, the mere handicrafts would have become obsolete, and the workshop of the artisan would have been replaced by the automatic factory. Il y a deux genres de technologie, ou « science des arts industriels », comme on disait au dix-neuvième siècle. La tradition de la technologie spéciale commençait en 1777, au moment où Beckmann publiait son Anleitung zur Technologie. La tradition de la technologie générale commençait en 1806, au moment où Beckmann publiait son Entwurf der allgemeinen Technologie. Celle-là a été introduite en France à la fin du dix-huitième siècle. L’un des plus importants ouvrages technologiques français est le Dictionnaire technologique, inauguré, en 1822, par Lenormand et Francœur. Celle-ci est représentée par le Plan de technonomie de Christian et la Philosophy of Manufactures d’Ure. Ure a aussi bien contribué à la technologie spéciale. En 1839, il a publié la première édition de son Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines. Ce dictionnaire contient environ un million de mots. Le Dictionnaire technologique en contient quatre million. La différence de trois millions de mots doit être expliquée par le fait que Ure a omis, d’une manière explicite, plusieurs branches de l’industrie humaine, en particulier les purs métiers. Il paraît qu’il s’intéresse principalement aux manufactures où les fonctions productives sont exercées par des machines automoteurs, et qu’il est d’avis que la plus parfaite manufacture est celle qui peut se passer entièrement du travail des mains. Dans cette utopie technique, les purs métiers seraient devenus obsolètes, et l’atelier de l’artisan serait remplacé par la manufacture automatique. |
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Technology, in the nineteenth-century sense of ‘science of the industrial arts’, comes in two varieties. The tradition of special technology began in 1777, when Beckmann published his Anleitung zur Technologie. The tradition of general technology began in 1806, when Beckmann published his Entwurf der allgemeinen Technologie. The former tradition entered France at the turn of the century. One of the more important French technological productions is the Dictionnaire technologique, launched by Lenormand and Francœur in 1822. Examples of the latter tradition are Christian’s Plan de technonomie and Ure’s Philosophy of Manufactures. Ure was also active in the field of special technology. In 1839, he published the first edition of his Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines. This dictionary has 1 million words, the Dictionnaire technologique four million. The difference of three million words has to be explained by the fact that Ure explicitly omitted various parts of human industry, particularly the mere handicrafts. It turns out that he is especially interested in automatic manufactures operating with self-acting machines, the most perfect manufacture being that which dispenses entirely with manual labour. In this technological utopia, the mere handicrafts would have become obsolete, and the workshop of the artisan would have been replaced by the automatic factory. |
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