Drilling technology transfer between North America and the North Sea - the semi-submersible drilling unit, William J. Pike; The condeep concept, Gunnar Nerheim; Edward A. Uehling and the automatic pig-casting machine - a case study of technological transfer, W. David Lewis; the Toledo water clocks of c1075, Donald Hill; the other side of the coin - wood transport systems in pre-industrial Europe, Graham Hollister-Short; the blast furnace and the mass production of armour plate, Alan Williams; I.C.O.H.T.E.C - some informal personal reminiscences, Melvin Kranzberg; Hamlet without the prince - the strange death of technical skill in histories, Michael Fores; history of technology at the German mining museum - Bochum, Werner Kroker; the structure of technological evolution, Angus Buchanan; reforming I.C.O.H.T.E.C, Hans-Joachim Braun.