Astudy of the students and graduate of the Department of Telegraphy,Imperial College of Engineering,Tokyo
Project/Area Number |
18500758
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Sociology/History of science and technology
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Research Institution | Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
Principal Investigator |
TAKASHASHI Yuzo Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Institute of Symbiotic Science and Technology, Professor (60055225)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KURONUMA Ken Aoyama Gakuin Univerdty, Faculty of Economics, Professor (70095462)
OKAMOTO Takuji University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Associate Professor (30262421)
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Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2007
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥3,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
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Keywords | Department of Telegraphy / Imperial College of Engineering,Tokyo / Engineering education / Rinzaburo Shida / Ichisuke Fujioka / Hatsune Nakano / Kunihiko Iwadare / Junsuke Miyake / 工部大学校電信科 / 電気工学 / 卒業論文 / 大学前教育 / 明治期 |
Research Abstract |
The Department of Telegraphy of Imperial College of Engineering, Tokyo (established in 1873, the present Electric and Electronics Engineering Departments of the University of Tokyo) is the earliest school for electrical engineering at higher education level in the world. It is discussed which took the initiative in establishing the Department of Telegraphy, William Thomson (Professor at the Glasgow University) or Japanese Ministry of Public Works. This study focuses on the persons rather than institutions, and deals with how the students were educated in the Department, examining their graduation essays and repeats of practical work (hand-written in English). Their professional career after the graduation is studied. Ichisuke Fujioka (a graduate in 1891) began the domestic production of carbon filament incandescent lamp, and his firm Hakunetsusha is one of the origins of present Toshiba Some part of the Papers of Fujioka, preserved at the Chokokan, Iwakuni, is recorded with microfilm: it includes Fujioka's note of lectures on electrical lighting delivered at the Telegraph Department. Junsuke Miyake made experiment of the production of lamp, very likely under the direct supervision by Fujioka. The graduation essays and reports of practical work of Miyake, Rinzaburo Shida (1979), Hatsune Nakano (1881), Kunihiko Iwadare (1882), Seido Niwa (1887) and (1888) are transcribed in print-form. The report of attending the first International Electrical Exhibition at Paris, 1881 of Shida is being transcribed likewise. The microfilm and transcripts will be very useful in the future study.
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