History of Mechanical Inventions

Klappentext Updated classic explores importance of technological innovation in cultural and economic history of the West. Water wheels, clocks, printing, machine tools, more. "Without peer." - American Scientist. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. The Place of Technology in Economic HistoryII. Historical Analysis of Social ChangeIII. The Particular System of EventsIV. The Emergence of Novelty in Thought and ActionV. The Early History of the Pure Applied Mechanical SciencesVI. The Mechanical Equipment of Pre-Christian AntiquityVII. The Development of Water Wheels and Windmills: 150 B.C.- A.D. 1500VIII. Water Clocks and Mechanical Clocks: 16 B.C.- A.D. 1500IX. Leonardo da Vinci: Engineer and InventorX. The Invention of PrintingXI. Machinery of the Textile Industries: 100-1800XII. The Development of Clocks and Watches Into Instruments of Precision: 1500-1800XIII. The Production and Application of Power: 1500-1830XIV. Machine Tools and Quantity Production: 1450-1850XV. The Production and Distribution of Power Since 1832 Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Abbott Payson Usher
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.1989
• EAN: 9780486255934
• ISBN: 978-0-486-25593-4
• No. of pages: 480
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Naturwissenschaften, allgemein, SCIENCE / General, Science, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General)