[PDF] Wind Water Work eBook

Author : Adam Lucas
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 50,99 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9004146490

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This book is the most comprehensive empirical study to date of the social and technical aspects of milling during the ancient and medieval periods.Drawing on the latest archaeological evidence and historical studies, the book examines the chronological development and technical details of handmills, beast mills, watermills and windmills from the first millennium BCE to c. 1500. It discusses the many and varied uses to which mills were turned in the civilisations of Rome, China, Islam and Europe, and the many types of mill that existed.The book also includes comparative regional studies of the social and economic significance of milling, and tackles several important historiographical issues, such as whether technological stagnation was a characteristic of late Antiquity, whether there was an industrial revolution" in the European Middle Ages based on waterpower, and how contemporary studies in the social shaping of technology can shed light on the study of pre-modern technology."

Author : Adam Lucas
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 40,34 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9047417224

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This book is the most comprehensive empirical study to date of the social and technical aspects of milling during the ancient and medieval periods. Drawing on the latest archaeological evidence and historical studies, the book examines the chronological development and technical details of handmills, beast mills, watermills and windmills from the first millennium BCE to c. 1500. It discusses the many and varied uses to which mills were turned in the civilisations of Rome, China, Islam and Europe, and the many types of mill that existed. The book also includes comparative regional studies of the social and economic significance of milling, and tackles several important historiographical issues, such as whether technological stagnation was a characteristic of late Antiquity, whether there was an "industrial revolution" in the European Middle Ages based on waterpower, and how contemporary studies in the social shaping of technology can shed light on the study of pre-modern technology.

Author : Bopjong
Publisher : Jain Publishing Company
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 37,86 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0895818256

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The Sound of Water, The Sound of Wind is a compellation of essays from five of Zen Master Bapjongs earlier publications. This anthology teaches universal themes in Zen and Buddhist tradition and appeals to a broad audience. These simple and expressive essays are filled with deep messages concerning total awareness of the self and the spirit of nature among others.

Author : Gerard M Crawley
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 34,16 MB
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9811225931

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This volume focuses on a few renewable energy sources, viz. wind energy plus energy from water movement and natural temperature differences that in principle could provide enormous energy resources. Energy from wind has been a rapidly growing source of energy as wind turbines have grown in size and especially as wind turbines have moved offshore. Hydroelectric dams have continued to be used as energy sources particularly in developing countries. Other energy sources using water, including waves and tidal sources, are also discussed in this volume. Finally, the volume discusses differences between deep and surface ocean temperatures plus the extraction of energy from the earth's extremely large energy resource of magma deep below the surface. These latter two energy resources in particular require further development and the current book describes the latest advances coupled with pointing possible paths forward.

Author : Gerald Warner Brace
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,94 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Social Science
ISBN :

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Collection of experiences, descriptions, and recollections of life along and near the New England coast.

Author : Thomas Sheehan
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 13,60 MB
Release : 2007-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1604727349

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Explains The Earth Is Always Changing, How Wind And Water Can Be Useful Resources But Also Can Cause Erosion, And Discusses Weather Changes.

Author : Thomas F. Sheehan
Publisher : Rourke Educational Media
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,89 MB
Release : 2007-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781600445385

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Explains The Earth Is Always Changing, How Wind And Water Can Be Useful Resources But Also Can Cause Erosion, And Discusses Weather Changes.

Author : William Kamkwamba
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 19,12 MB
Release : 2015-02-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1101637420

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Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land. Retold for a younger audience, this exciting memoir shows how, even in a desperate situation, one boy's brilliant idea can light up the world. Complete with photographs, illustrations, and an epilogue that will bring readers up to date on William's story, this is the perfect edition to read and share with the whole family.