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Stronger Than a Hundred Men

A History of the Vertical Water Wheel

Terry S. Reynolds (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

472 Seiten

1983
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8018-2554-5 (ISBN)

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Like many apparently simple devices, the vertical water wheel has been around for so long that it is taken for granted. Yet this "picturesque artifact" was for centuries man's primary mechanical source of power and was the foundation upon which mills and other industries developed.Stronger than a Hundred Men explores the development of the vertical water wheel from its invention in ancient times through its eventual demise as a source of power during the Industrial Revolution. Spanning more than 2000 years, Terry Reynolds's account follows the progression of this labor-saving device from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and America-covering the evolution of the water wheel itself, the development of dams and reservoirs, and the applications of water power.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.1983
Zusatzinfo	154ill.
Verlagsort	Baltimore, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 240 mm
Gewicht	760 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
Themenwelt	Technik ► Maschinenbau
ISBN-10	0-8018-2554-7 / 0801825547
ISBN-13	978-0-8018-2554-5 / 9780801825545
Zustand	Neuware