Stronger Than a Hundred Men: A History of the Vertical Water Wheel

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JHU Press, 1983 - 453 pages

Like many apparently simple devices, the vertical water wheel has been around for so long that it is taken for granted. Yet this "picturesque artifact" was for centuries man's primary mechanical source of power and was the foundation upon which mills and other industries developed.

Stronger than a Hundred Men explores the development of the vertical water wheel from its invention in ancient times through its eventual demise as a source of power during the Industrial Revolution. Spanning more than 2000 years, Terry Reynolds's account follows the progression of this labor-saving device from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and America-covering the evolution of the water wheel itself, the development of dams and reservoirs, and the applications of water power.

 

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Table des matières

CHAPTER 2
18
THE WATER WHEEL IN THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD
47
CHAPTER 3
96
THE TRADITIONAL VERTICAL WATER WHEEL AT ITS PINNACLE
122
с1500 то с1750
196
c1850 196
218
THE EMERGENCE OF THE IRON INDUSTRIAL WATER WHEEL C1750 то
266
THE DECLINE OF THE VERTICAL WATER WHEEL
321
Notes
351
Bibliography
399
Illustration Credits
431
Index
441
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Stronger Than a Hundred Men: A History of the Vertical Water Wheel
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Page 405 - ... inclinées aux rayons, qu'elles ne font étant appliquées contre les rayons mêmes, comme elles le sont aux moulins pendans & aux moulins sur bateaux qui sont sur les rivières de Seine, Maroe, Loire, &C
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Page 407 - Segner à toutes sortes d'ouvrages et de ses avantages sur les autres machines hydrauliques dont on se sert ordinairement.
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À propos de l'auteur (1983)

Terry S. Reynolds is a professor of history at Michigan Technological University. He is a past president of the Society for the History of Technology, twice winner of the Society for Industrial Archaeology's Norton Prize, and author or editor of seven books dealing with the history of technology.

Informations bibliographiques

TitreStronger Than a Hundred Men: A History of the Vertical Water Wheel
Volume 7 de Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History Series
Numéro 7 de Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology, ISSN 2470-2773
AuteurTerry S. Reynolds
Éditionillustrée, réimprimée, révisée
ÉditeurJHU Press, 1983
ISBN0801872480, 9780801872488
Longueur453 pages
  
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