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Ingenium : five machines that changed the world / Mark Denny.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Denny, Mark, 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Inventions--History.
- Inventions.
- History.
- Machinery--History.
- Machinery.
- Force and energy--Experiments.
- Force and energy.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Five machines that changed the world
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- Five historical devices -- bow and arrow, waterwheel, trebuchet, pendulum clock anchor escapement, and steam engine governor -- capture the imagination of physicist Mark Denny. Here he shares not only the history of these influential machines, but how they actually work. Using accessible prose, along with diagrams, equations, and drawings, Denny explains the physics behind each machine, how it was used, how it evolved, and why it is significant in today's world.
- Contents:
- Bow and arrow
- Waterwheels and windmills
- Counterpoise siege engines
- Pendulum clock anchor escapement
- Centrifugal governor
- Inventiveness.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0801885868
- 9780801885860
- OCLC:
- 70911142
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- Publisher description
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