UID:
almafu_9959238957102883
Format:
1 online resource (1081 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-98164-3
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1-134-98165-1
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1-280-32656-5
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9786610326563
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0-203-33017-X
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0-203-19211-7
Series Statement:
Routledge reference
Content:
* Written without unnecessary jargon* 2 extensive indexes of Names and Topics* Usefully illustrated with 150 black & white photographs and line drawings to explain key advances`Contain[s] a vast amount of reliable information over a very wide field. It is certainly a work of which I shall myself make frequent use ... it deserves to find a place ... in every reference library.' - Times Higher Education
Note:
Cover and spine title of paperback: An encyclopedia of the history of science.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Basic Tools, Devices and Mechanisms; MATERIALS; Non-Ferrous Metals; Ferrous Metals; The Chemical and Allied Industries; POWER AND ENGINEERING; Water, Wind and Animal Power; Steam and Internal Combustion Engines; Electricity; Engineering, Methods of Manufacture and Production; TRANSPORT; Roads, Bridges and Vehicles; Inland Waterways; Ports and Shipping; Rail; Aeronautics; Spaceflight; COMMUNICATION AND CALCULATION; Language, Writing, Printing and Graphic Arts
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Information: Timekeeping, Computing, Telecommunications and Audiovisual TechnologiesTECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY; Agriculture: The Production and Preservation of Food and Drink; Textiles and Clothing; Building and Architecture; The Domestic Interior: Technology and the Home; Public Utilities; Weapons and Armour; The Contributors; Index of Names; Index of Topics
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-14792-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-01306-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203192115
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