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Ingenium : five machines that changed the world / Mark Denny.

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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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