An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 61 pot
An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 108 pptx
... 555–8
transfer machines 417
transfer printing (pottery) 194
transformers 371
transistor radios 728
transistors 42, 419, 703
transmission cables 371–2
transplanting 773
transporter bridges 496, 518
trapetum ... 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...
An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 1 potx
... Devices and Mechanisms 1
Ian McNeil
The place of technology in history 1
Science and technology 2
The archaeological ages 4
The seven technological ages of man 5
The first age: man, the hunter, ... fire 5
The second age: the farmer, the smith and the wheel 11
The third age: the first machine age 22
The fourth age: intimations of automation 27
The fifth ag...
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...
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,...
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 ... sun. The making of pots by coiling strips of clay in a spiral and
then moulding them together is supposed to date from about 7000 BC, as is
the moulding of clay to...
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...
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...
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 1524, 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 only...
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...
An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 9 doc
... provided the
wealth needed to support the 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 ... 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...