A History of Technology Volume II: The Mediterranean Civilizations and the Middle Ages, c. 700 B.C. to c. A.D. 1500

• Pubblicazione: Oxford UP
• Altri autori: SingerCharles <1876-1960>
• Nota di contenuto: PART I. PRIMARY PRODUCTION -- 1. MINING AND QUARRYING TO THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY / C. N. BROMEHEAD -- 2. METALLURGY / R. J. FORBES -- 3. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS / E. M. JOPE -- PART II. MANUFACTURE -- 4. FOOD AND DRINK / R. J. FORBES -- 5. LEATHER / JOHN W. WATERER -- A NOTE ON PARCHMENT -- 6. SPINNING AND WEAVING / R. PATTERSON -- 7. PART I FURNITURE: TO THE END OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE / CYRIL ALDRED -- 7. PART II FURNITURE: POST-ROMAN / R. W. SYMONDS -- 8. PART I CERAMICS FROM c 700 B.C. TO THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE / GISELA M. A. RICHTER -- 8. PART II CERAMICS: MEDIEVAL / E. M. JOPE -- 9. GLASS AND GLAZES / D. B. HARDEN -- 10. PRE-SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY / F. SHERWOOD TAYLOR AND CHARLES SINGER -- A NOTE ON MILITARY PYROTECHNICS / -- PART III. MATERIAL CIVILIZATION -- 11. THE MEDIEVAL ARTISAN / R. H. G. THOMSON -- 12. BUILDING-CONSTRUCTION / MARTIN S. BRIGGS -- 13. FINE METAL-WORK / HERBERT MARYON -- NOTE ON STAMPING OF COINS AND OTHER OBJECTS / PHILIP GRIERSON -- PART IV. TRANSPORT -- 14. ROADS AND LAND TRAVEL WITH A SECTION (VI) ON HARBOURS, DOCKS, AND LIGHTHOUSES / R. G. GOODCHILD (III, IV, AND VI) AND R. J. FORBES (I, II, V, VII, AND VIII) -- 15. VEHICLES AND HARNESS / E. M. JOPE -- 16. SHIPBUILDING / T. C. LETHBRIDGE -- PART V. PRACTICAL MECHANICS AND CHEMISTRY -- 17. POWER / R. J. FORBES -- A NOTE ON WINDMILLS / REX WAILES -- 18. MACHINES / BERTRAND GILLE -- A NOTE ON ANCIENT CRANES -- 19. HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND SANITATION / R. J. FORBES -- 20. MILITARY TECHNOLOGY / A. R. HALL -- 21. ALCHEMICAL EQUIPMENT / E. J. HOLMYARD -- EPILOGUE -- EAST AND WEST IN RETROSPECT / CHARLES SINGER
• Titolo autorizzato: A History of Technology Volume II: The Mediterranean Civilizations and the Middle Ages, c. 700 B.C. to c. A.D. 1500
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248058203316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno