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Ingenium : five machines that changed the world / Mark Denny.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Denny, Mark, 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Inventions--History.
- Inventions.
- Machinery--History.
- Machinery.
- Force and energy--Experiments.
- Force and energy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (195 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Five machines that changed the world
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Whether you dream of making a better mousetrap or launching pumpkins into the stratosphere, Ingenium will tickle your fancy.
- Contents:
- Bow and arrow
- Waterwheels and windmills
- Counterpoise siege engines
- Pendulum clock anchor escapement
- Centrifugal governor
- Inventiveness.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-9846-3
- OCLC:
- 593295726
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