Download or read book A History of Control Engineering, 1800-1930 written by Stuart Bennett and published by IET. This book was released on 1986 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Bennett traces the growing awareness of the importance and significance of the concept of feedback in engineering and details the technical developments that contributed to this awareness. There follows an account of the development of steam and hydraulic servomechanisms and their application to the control of ships and aircraft.