Ingenium : five machines that changed the world / Mark Denny.
"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 o...
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| Other title: | Five machines that changed the world |
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| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
©2007.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.