Ingenium: five machines that changed the world
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1. Verfasser: Denny, Mark (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press c2007
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Beschreibung:Acknowledgments -- - Timeline -- - Introduction -- - 1 - Bow and arrow -- - 2 - Waterwheels and windmills -- - 3 - Counterpoise siege engines -- - 4 - Pendulum clock anchor escapement -- - 5 - Centrifugal governor -- - 6 - Inventiveness -- - Further reading -- - Index
Includes bibliographical references and index
"Ingenium is medieval English vernacular for "an ingenious contrivance." In this book, physicist Mark Denny considers five such contrivances and demonstrates how they literally changed the world. Interweaving narrative with diagrams, equations, and drawings, Denny shares the history of each device, explains the physics behind it, and describes how it was used, how it evolved, and why it is significant in today's world."--Jacket
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 176 p.)
ISBN:0801885868
0801898463
9780801885860
9780801898464

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