Note: Cover -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Authors -- 1 Total Hip Replacement: Introduction, Sources and Outline -- 2 Surgeons and Engineers in Postwar Britain: Medical Technology in Local Contexts -- 3 The Industrial Development of British Hip Replacements and the Charnley/Thackray Relationship -- 4 Medical Technology and Industrial Dynamics: The United States and the Global Market -- 5 Change and Stability in Technical Systems: Materials and Environments -- 6 Hips, Health Services and Quality -- 7 The Changing Nature of Patients: Expectations and Information -- 8 What is Past is Present -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Note: Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Devices, Designs and the History of Technology in Medicine -- Part I: Technical Innovation and the Emerging Economies of Modern Medicine -- 2 Bones in Lancashire: Towards Long-term Contextual Analysis of Medical Technology -- 3 Mechanizing Medicine: Medical Innovations and the Birmingham Voluntary Hospitals in the Nineteenth Century -- 4 Private Laboratories and Medical Expertise in Boston Circa 1900 -- 5 Innovating Expertise: X-ray and Laboratory Workers in the Canadian Hospital, 1920-1950 -- Part II: Context, Contingency and the Life Stories of Technologies -- 6 Artificial Eyes and the Artificialization of the Human Face -- 7 Biotronik: 40 Years of German Entrepreneurship in Medical Technology -- 8 Building Science-based Medicine at Stanford: Henry Kaplan and the Medical Linear Accelerator, 1948-1975 -- 9 Hexamethonium, Hypertension and Pharmaceutical Innovation: The Transformation of an Experimental Drug in Post-war Britain -- 10 Greenhouses and Body Suits: The Challenge to Knowledge in Early Hip Replacement Surgery 1960-1982 -- Part III: Expectations, Outcomes and Endpoints -- 11 From Epidemic to Scandal: the Politicization of Antibiotic Resistance, 1957-1969 -- 12 Cancer Clinical Trials and the Transfer of Medical Knowledge: Metrology, Contestation and Local Practice -- 13 'The Best Bones in the Graveyard': Risky Technologies and Risks in Knowledge -- 14 The Politics of Endpoints -- Index.

Note: Front Cover -- Chemisorption and Reactions on Metallic Films -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contens -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Structure of Evaporated Metal Films -- I. Introduction -- II. Techniques of Electron Microscopy and Diffraction -- III. Mechanism of Growth of Films -- IV. Epitaxial Growth of Films -- V. Defects in Films -- VI. Influence of Deposition Parameters -- VII. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2. Experimental Techniques -- I. Introduction -- II. Vacuum Apparatus -- III. Gas Handling -- IV. Pressure Measurement and Gas Analysis -- V. Vapour Deposited Films -- VI. Evaporated Film Techniques -- VII. Oriented Films -- VIII. Alloy Films -- IX. Characterization of Films -- X. Infrared Spectra of Adsorbed Molecules -- XI. Work Functions and Surface Potentials -- XII. Emission of Electrons and Ions -- XIII. Heats of Adsorption -- XIV. Measurements of Electrical Conductivity -- XV. Surface Area Determination -- XVI. Sticking Probabilities -- References -- Chapter 3. Fundamental Concepts in Film Formation -- I. Introduction -- II. Energetics -- III. Kinetics -- References -- Chapter 4. Gas Adsorption -- I. Introduction -- II. Clean Surfaces -- III. Relative Merits of Different Types of Adsorbent -- IV. Classification and General Characteristics of Gas-Metal Interactions -- V. The Electroniu Theory of Metals and Metal Surfaces -- VI. The Variation of Activity in Adsorption Among the Metals and Semi-Metals -- VII. Variation of Binding Energy with Surface Coverage and the Nature of the Surface Species -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Chapter 5. The Influence of Adsorption on Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Thin Metal Films -- I. Introduction -- II. Theoretical -- III. Effects of Adsorption on Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Vapour Deposited Metal Films -- References. , Chapter 6. Infrared Spectra of Surface Species -- I. Introduction -- II. Experimental Technique Used in Infrared Study of Adsorption Systems -- III. Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide Adsorbed on Metal Surfaces -- IV. Adsorption of Nitrogen on Metal Surfaces -- V. Adsorption or Hydrogen on Metal Surfaces -- VI. Adsorption of Hydrocarbons on Metal Surfaces -- VII. Future Development of the Technique -- References -- Author Index (Volume 1) -- Subject Index (Volume 1).

Note: Front Cover -- The Structure of Western Europe -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations used in References -- CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 Historical Background -- 1.2 Outline of the Geology of Western Europe -- 1.3 The Stratigraphical Sequence in Western Europe -- 1.4 The Structural Sequence in Western Europe -- CHAPTER 2. PRECAMBRIAN BLOCKS -- 2.1 The Baltic Shield (Sweden, parts of Norway and Bornholm, Denmark) -- 2.2 Southern Norway -- 2.3 North-West Scotland -- CHAPTER 3. CALEDONIAN FOLD-BELTS (MAINLY METAMORPHIC) -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The North-West Caledonian Front -- 3.3 The Northern Highlands and the Orkney Islands -- 3.4 The Grampian Highlands (Scotland and Ireland) -- 3.5 Connemara and its Flanks (Ireland) -- 3.6 Shetland -- 3.7 The Caledonian Front in Scandinavia (Norway and Sweden) -- 3.8 The Caledonian Fold-Belt in Scandinavia (Norway and Sweden) -- CHAPTER 4. CALEDONIAN FOLD-BELTS (MAINLY SEDIMENTARY) -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Wales and the Welsh Borderland -- 4.3 The Lake District and the Isle of Man -- 4.4 The Southern Uplands in Scotland and Ireland -- 4.5 South-East Ireland -- 4.6 The Brabant Massif (Belgium) -- CHAPTER 5. HERCYNIAN FOLD-BELTS (LARGELY METAMORPHIC) -- 5.1 The Massif Central and the Montagne Noire - Introduction -- 5.2 The Massif Central -- 5.3 La Montagne Noire -- 5.4 The Variscan Arc - Introduction -- 5.5 The Vosges and the Schwarzwald -- 5.6 The Rheinisches Schiefergebirge and the Ruhr Coalfield -- 5.7 The Armorican Arc - Introduction -- 5.8 The Armorican Arc - France and the Channel Islands -- 5.9 The Armorican Arc - South-West England -- 5.10 The Armorican Arc - Southern Ireland -- 5.11 The Ardennes and the Belgian Coalfield -- 5.12 The Iberian Peninsula - Introduction -- 5.13 The Cantabrian and León-West Asturias Zones. , 5.14 The Central Iberian and the Ossa-Morena and South Portuguese Zones -- CHAPTER 6. HERCYNIAN SEDIMENTARY BASINS, BLOCKS AND COALFIELDS -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Midland Valley of Scotland -- 6.3 North-East England -- 6.4 Central England -- 6.5 South Wales and Pembrokeshire Coalfields and their Borders -- 6.6 The Bristol and Forest of Dean Coalfields and their Margins -- 6.7 Central Ireland -- CHAPTER 7. ALPINE FOLD-BELTS -- 7.1 Introduction - The Western Alps -- 7.2 The Jura Mountains -- 7.3 The Franco-Swiss Plain or Molasse Basin -- 7.4 The Swiss-Italian Alps - The Pre-Alps -- 7.5 The Swiss-Italian Alps - The Helvetides and Ultrahelvetides -- 7.6 The Swiss-Italian Alps - The Hercynian or External Massifs -- 7.7 The Swiss-Italian Alps - The Pennides -- 7.8 The Northern Franco-Italian Alps - The Helvetides or Subalpine Chains -- 7.9 The Northern Franco-Italian Alps - The Hercynian or External Massifs and the Pennides -- 7.10 The Central Franco-Italian Alps - The Dauphinois Zone -- 7.11 The Central Franco-Italian Alps - The Hercynian or External Massifs -- 7.12 The Central Franco-Italian Alps - The Pennides -- 7.13 The Southern French Alps - The Provençal Chains -- 7.14 The Southern French Alps - The Hercynian or External Massifs -- 7.15 The Pyrenees (France and Spain) - Introduction -- 7.16 The Pyrenees - Northern External and Satellite Massifs Zones -- 7.17 The Pyrenees - Axial Zone -- 7.18 The Pyrenees - Southern External (Nogueras) and Sub-Pyrenaic Sierras Zones -- 7.19 The Pyrenees - The Biscayan Zone -- 7.20 The Catalonian and Iberian Chains (Spain) -- 7.21 The Betic Cordillera - Introduction -- 7.22 The Prebetic and Subbetic Zones -- 7.23 The Betic Zone, The Gibraltar Complex and the Straits of Gibraltar -- CHAPTER 8. MESOZOIC AND TERTIARY SEDIMENTARY BASINS OIL/GAS FIELDS -- 8.1 The Saône Graben and the Rhône Corridor (France). , 8.2 The Rhine Rift Valleys (France and West Germany) -- 8.3 The Ebro and Guadalquivir Basins (Spain) -- 8.4 The Aquitaine and Paris Basins and the Low Countries (France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark and West Germany) - Introduction -- 8.5 The Aquitaine Basin -- 8.6 The Paris Basin -- 8.7 The Low Countries -- 8.8 Eastern and Southern England -- 8.9 Basins and Grabens of the North-West Continental Shelf - Introduction -- 8.10 The North Sea -- 8.11 The English Channel, the Western Approaches and the Sea-Floor off North and North-West Scotland -- CHAPTER 9. TERTIARY AND QUATERNARY VOLCANIC STRUCTURES -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 The British Isles -- 9.3 The Massif Central of France -- 9.4 The Rhineland (West Germany) -- CHAPTER 10. SUMMARY OF THE STRUCTURES OF WESTERN EUROPE AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IN PLATE TECTONICS MODELS -- 10.1 Distribution and Inter-relationship of Western European Structures -- 10.2 Plate Tectonics Models -- Index.

Note: Front Cover -- Chemisorption and Reactions on Metallic Films -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 7. Adsorption, Kinetics and Surface Structure in Catalysis -- I. Introduction -- II. The Surface Structure of Metal Films -- III. Adsorption Equilibria -- IV. Kinetic Processes at Surfaces -- References -- Chapter 8. Catalytic Reactions on Metal Films -- I. Introduction -- II. The Adsorbed State -- III. Exchange Reactions of Saturated Molecules -- IV. Hydrogenation of Unsaturated Molecules -- V. Hydrogenolysis and Skeletal Isomerization Reactions -- VI. Oxidation and Dehydrogenation Reactions -- VII. Prognosis for Future Work -- References -- Chapter 9. Properties and Reactions of Alloy Films -- I. Introduction -- II. Preparation -- III. Characterization and Structure -- IV. Surface Properties -- References -- Chapter 10. The Oxidation of Evaporated Metal Films -- I. Introduction -- II. A Review of the Oxidation of Metals -- III. The Oxidation of Evaporated Metal Films -- IV. Conclusions -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.