Technikatörténeti szemle 3. (1964)

CONTENTS Page Pál Andai: History of technics and technical progress 11 V. Mészáros: The first attempt at railway construction in Hungary 1 7 Gy. Kiszely: The history of blast-iron production in Hungary .... 33 G. Farkas: The first industrial steam engine of the European Continent in Hungary J. Kalmár: The mediaeval arbalest 97 W . Endrei: The development of productivity in spinning and weaving 125 T . Gombás : Internal combustion engines at the Ganz factory P. Vajda: The history of Hungarian aviation and its bibliography in Hungarian language L.Opitz: Outlines of the technoligic history of the gear-wheel and the contribution of Hungarian engineers to the 2

11 development of gear-whell profiles PUBLICATION I

. Bogdán: The technical equipment of our paper mills 231 B . Takács: Potash making in the Zemplén mountains 251 O.Domonkos: Table for the gloss-finishing of kerchiefs in the blue-dyeing industry 145 167 263 W.Endrei: Two 18th century plans from the Károlyi archives . . . 269 REVIEWS I. Szilágyi: Completion of the first part of the Hungarian Technical Museum 275 P. Vajda: 75th anniversary of the ammeter 287 K.Jenei - G. Szilágyi - Gy.Várkonyi: Orion 1913-1963. ^ (Zoltán Szász)