- 192 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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History of Technology Volume 5
About this book
The annual collections in the History of Technology series look at the history of technological discovery and change, exploring the relationship of technology to other aspects of life and showing how technological development is affected by the society in which it occurred.
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Yes, you can access History of Technology Volume 5 by A. Rupert Hall, Norman Smith in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & World History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- The Order of the Technological World
- Bronze Roman Piston Pumps
- Measurement in Galileo's Science
- John Ridley and the South Australian 'Stripper'
- Emile Lamm's Self-Propelled Tramcars 1870-72 and the Evolution of the Fireless Locomotive
- British Industry in 1767: Extracts from a Travel Journal of Joseph Banks
- Water, Stampers and Paper in the Auvergne: A Medieval Tradition
- The Contributors
- Contents of Former Volumes