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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 108 pptx
... 282 poppet 282 slide 282, 344–5, 404 thermionic 41, 727, see also diode; triode Wankel rotating disc 328 Van Harinxma Canal 492 Van Starkenborgh Canal 492 Vanguard rocket 656 Variomatic belt dirve ... 151 wartime 421 shingles (roof tiles) 857, 884 shipbuilding 551–3 ships 519–41 canal and river craft 514 15 cathodic protection 144 engines see marine engines iron 156 , 164 nuclear-powered 2...
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 1 potx
... technology 2 The archaeological ages 4 The seven technological ages of man 5 The first age: man, the hunter, masters fire 5 The second age: the farmer, the smith and the wheel 11 The third age: the first ... technology 1. Technology History I. McNeil, Ian 609 T15 ISBN 0- 415- 01306-2 (Print Edition) Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data An Encycl...
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 2 doc
... how they fought their wars and which side won, was largely dependent on the state of their technology and that of their enemy. Their motivation was more often than not economic, and economic history ... history and the history of technology can surely be considered as twin hand-maidens, the one almost totally dependent on the other. So far as social history is concer...
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 3 docx
... practice, and this is the first step in the process of moving forward to a new solution. Thus the history of technology and the history of invention are very much the same. Why study the history of technology? ... who studied, rather than the rise and fall of civilizations, the rise and fall of technologies the technologies of hunting and weapon-making,...
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 4 pps
... numbers of slaves, there was a demand for such mechanization as was available and the successors of the Romans continued to build water mills. At the time of the Domesday survey there was an estimated ... ground On the other hand, the introduction of metallurgy, whether of bronze or iron, and its processes did become the start of a new way of living in which INTR...
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 5 docx
... for measuring the bores of cannon and the diameter of cannon balls. The crank An important development in the Middle Ages was that of mechanisms for the interconversion of rotary and reciprocating ... weight. All the gears were of brass. Galileo’s observations of the swinging altar lamp in the cathedral of Pisa marked the start of the use of the pendu...
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 6 docx
... in the materials used in buildings. They caused the decline of many towns and villages which were not served by the railway lines. They speeded up the mails and greatly accelerated the spread of ... spread of news by the rapid distribution of the daily papers. They popularized seaside and other holiday resorts and improved communications by their use of the telegraph...
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 7 pdf
... after the arrival of the Spanish invaders by the North American Indian: Giovanni Verazzano, who visited the Atlantic Coast in 152 4, commented upon the vast quantities of copper owned by the Indians, ... ridiculous and to many others a threat to the dignity of themselves as members of the human race or worse, a threat to the very existence of humanity as the onl...
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 8 ppt
... Tepe Giyan, in the Persian highlands, during the 4th millennium, and subsequently moved southwards to Sumeria and the Persian Gulf, and westwards to the Mediterranean seaboard, during the third ... the fourth millennium BC and were found in the 1930s at the site of Tepe Giyan, near Nahavand in Western Iran. This mountainous region, situated midway between the Persian Gulf...
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 9 doc
... Athenian Empire. Other famous silver mines were those in the Pangaean region of Macedonia, and the Cycladic island of Siphnos. Mining at Siphnos began some time between 3150 and 2790 BC. The silver ... truly Roman in origin, the improved standards of living associated with the rapid dissemination of the Roman way of life stimulated metallurgical demand, and encouraged t...
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