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Seven essays, one in French, and three book reviews grace the latest volume in the annual series. The topics include the early history of the windmill brake, Nuremberg as an epicenter of invention and innovation towards the end of the Middle Ages, friction according to Jacob Leupold, the Caribbean sugar industry 1740-1840, approaching a history of engines, and engineer and polymath John Farey, Jr. (1791-1851). The books reviewed are , , and the . No index. Distributed in the US by Books International. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780720122848
  • Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 7/28/1998
  • Pages: 224
  • Product dimensions: 5.96 (w) x 9.46 (h) x 0.93 (d)

Table of Contents

Editorial
The Contributors
Notes for Contributors
The Early History of the Windmill Brake 1
Nuremberg as Epicentre of Invention and Innovation towards the End of the Middle Ages 19
Friction According to Jacob Leupold 47
Steam and Sugar: The Diffusion of the Stationary Steam Engine to the Caribbean Sugar Industry 1770-1840 63
Uneven Mirrors: Towards a History of Engines 85
John Farey Jr (1791-1851): Engineer and Polymath 111
A la Recherche des Ingenieurs Disparus - les Hydrauliciens Neerlandais au Dix-huitieme Siecle 143
Book Review: S. A. Jayawardene, The Scientific Revolution: An Annotated Bibliography 159
Book Review: Brenda J. Buchanan (ed.), Gunpowder: The History of an International Technology 160
Book Review: Brian Cotterell and Johan Kamminga, Mechanics of Pre-industrial Technology 162
Contents of Former Volumes 167
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