A History of Technology Volume I: From Early Times to Fall of Ancient Empires

• Pubblicazione: Oxford UP
• Altri autori: SingerCharles <1876-1960>
• Nota di contenuto: PART I: BASIC SOCIAL FACTORS -- 1. SKILL AS A HUMAN POSSESSION / KENNETH P. OAKLEY, Senior Principal Scientific Officer, British Museum (Natural History) -- 2. EARLY FORMS OF SOCIETY / V. GORDON CHILDE, Professor of Prehistoric European Archaeology in the University of London -- 3. DISCOVERY, INVENTION, AND DIFFUSION / H. S. HARRISON -- 4. SPEECH AND LANGUAGE / A. SOMMERFELT, Professor of Generarl Philology in the University of Oslo -- 5. PRIMITIVE TIME-RECKONING / E. R. LEACH, Lecturer in Anthropology in the University of Cambridge -- PART II: FOOD-COLLECTING STAGE -- 6. WORKING STONE, BONE, AND WOOD / L. S. B. LEAKEY, Curator of the Coryndon Memorial Museum, Nairobi, Kenya -- 7. GRAPHIC AND PLASTIC ARTS / L. S. B. LEAKEY -- 8. FORAGING, HUNTING, AND FISHING (DARYLL FORDE, Professor of Anthropology in the University of London; Director, International African Institute, London -- PART III: DOMESTIC ACTIVITIES -- 9. ROTARY MOTION / V. GORDON CHILDE -- 10. FIRE-MAKING, FUEL, AND LIGHTING / H. S. HARRISON -- 11. CHEMICAL, CULINARY, AND COSMETIC ARTS / R. J. FORBES, Professor of Pure and Applied Sciences in Antiquity, University of Amsterdam -- 12. BUILDING IN WATTLE, WOOD, AND TURF / JOHN BRADFORD, Lecturer in Ethnology, University of Oxford -- PART IV: SPECIALIZING INDUSTRIES -- 13. DOMESTICATION OF ANIMALS / F. E. ZEUNER -- 14. CULTIVATION OF PLANTS / F. E. ZEUNER -- 15. POTTERY / by the late SIR LINDSAY SCOTT, K.B.E, D.S.C. -- 16. TEXTILES, BASKETRY, AND MATS / GRACE M. CROWFOOT, Munro Lecturer (Primitive Weaving) at the University of Edinburgh 1951 -- 17. BUILDING IN BRICK AND STONE / SETON LLOYD, O.B.E., Director, British Institute of Archaeology, Ankara -- 18. DIFFERENTIATION OF NON-METALLIC TOOLS / S. M. COLE, Author of The Prehistory of East Africa -- 19. WATER-SUPPLY, IRRIGATION, AND AGRICULTURE / M. S. DROWER, M.B.E., Lecturer in Ancient History, University of London -- PART V: UTILIZATION OF METALS -- 20. MINING AND QUARRYING / C. N. BROMEHEAD, District Geologist for South-Eastern England on the staff of the Geological Survey and Museum, London -- 21. EXTRACTING, SMELTING, AND ALLOYING / R. J. FORBES -- 22. METAL IMPLEMENTS AND WEAPONS / H. H. COGHLAN, Curator, Newbury Museum, Berks. -- 23. FINE METAL-WORK / HERBERT MARYON, Research Laboratory Attache and H. J. PLENDERLEITH, M.C., Keeper, Research Laboratory, British Museum -- 24. FINE IVORY-WORK / R. D. BARNETT, Deputy Keeper in the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, British Museum -- 25. FINE WOOD-WORK / CYRIL ALDRED, Assistant Keeper in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh -- PART VI: TRANSPORT -- 26. LAND TRANSPORT WITHOUT WHEELS ROADS AND BRIDGES / S. M. COLE -- 27. WHEELED VEHICLES / V. GORDON CHILDE -- 28. BOATS AND SHIPS / ADRIAN DIGBY, Keeper of Ethnography, British Museum -- PART VII: THE PREPARATION FOR SCIENCE -- 29. RECORDING AND WRITING / S.H. HOOKE, Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Studies, University of London -- 30. MEASURES AND WEIGHTS / F. G. SKINNER, O.B.E., Deputy Keeper, Science Museum, London -- 31. ANCIENT MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY / 0. NEUGEBAUER, Professor of the History of Mathematics, Brown University, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
• Titolo autorizzato: A History of Technology Volume I: From Early Times to Fall of Ancient Empires
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248058703316
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