The Contribution of Huseyin Vasfi Efendi from Plovdiv to Ottoman Technological Literature

DOSAY GÖKDOĞAN M.

7th International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms (HMM), İspanya, 28 - 30 Nisan 2022, ss.49-56 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/978-3-030-98499-1_5
  • Basıldığı Ülke: İspanya
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.49-56
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Huseyin Vasfi, History of discoveries, Ottomans' technological understanding
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this paper, History of Production, Inventions and Discoveries by Mankind (1888), written by Huseyin Vasfi Efendi from Plovdiv where in Bulgaria today, will be presented and evaluated in terms of the history of machinery and technology of the Ottoman Empire. In this book, only inventions, discoveries and innovations are listed chronologically; their technical specifications are not disclosed. Written by the Ottomans at the end of the 19th century, this work has been studied with the idea that it can shed light on the Ottomans' understanding of industrialization and technology, despite the Europeans who lived and realized the industrial revolution earlier.