La bomba de fuego de Newcomen y otros artificios de desagüe: un intento de transferencia de tecnología inglesa a la minería novohispana, 1726-1731
Groundwater floods were probably the worse risk in colonial silver mining, because of the high costs of draining or because the floods which could not be drained forced workers to eave important silver deposits. During the seventeenth century, the machines used in New Spain for draining groundwate...
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| Formato: | Online |
| Idioma: | español |
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El Colegio de México, A.C.
2001
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| Acceso en línea: | https://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/index.php/RHM/article/view/1340 |
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Historia Mexicana |
| Sumario: | Groundwater floods were probably the worse risk in colonial silver mining, because of the high costs of draining or because the floods which could not be drained forced workers to eave important silver deposits. During the seventeenth century, the machines used in New Spain for draining groundwater were very inferior to those used in England or Germany. This essay analyzes a prívate colonial attempt, in the 1720's, to obtain the Newcomen fire bomb and other European devices, which would prove more efficient than local ones. One obvious obstacle to technological transference is the suspicious behavior of the people involved in such projects. |
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