Abstract:machines tells a story of widespread diffusion into cities and countryside, but continuing problems of maintenance and upkeep, even with these relatively simple machines. A chapter on brewing and beer-bottling illustrates the peculiar conditions in Monterrey which allowed for industrial development, and the gradual, hit-and-miss process by which Mexicans occasionally adapted foreign technology to local conditions. By contrast, the chapter on the use of chemicals in silver mining illustrates a growing and stark… Show more
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