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A history of technology, Vol. 2

Charles Joseph Singer and Richard Raper
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  • Frontmatter
  • ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES (page xi)
  • LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS (page xliv)
  • HISTORICAL NOTES (A. R. HALL, page LI)
  • PART I. PRIMARY PRODUCTION (page 1)
    • 1. MINING AND QUARRYING TO THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY (C. N. BROMEHEAD, page 1)
    • 2. METALLURGY (R. J. FORBES, page 41)
    • 3. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS (E. M. JOPE, page 81)
  • PART II. MANUFACTURE (page 103)
    • 4. FOOD AND DRINK (R. J. FORBES, page 103)
    • 5. LEATHER (JOHN W. WATERER, page 147)
    • A NOTE ON PARCHMENT (page 187)
    • 6. SPINNING AND WEAVING (R. PATTERSON, page 191)
    • 7. PART I FURNITURE: TO THE END OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (CYRIL ALDRED, page 221)
    • 7. PART II FURNITURE: POST-ROMAN (R. W. SYMONDS, page 240)
    • 8. PART I CERAMICS FROM c 700 B.C. TO THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (GISELA M. A. RICHTER, page 259)
    • 8. PART II CERAMICS: MEDIEVAL (E. M. JOPE, page 284)
    • 9. GLASS AND GLAZES (D. B. HARDEN, page 311)
    • 10. PRE-SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY (F. SHERWOOD TAYLOR AND CHARLES SINGER, page 347)
    • A NOTE ON MILITARY PYROTECHNICS (page 374)
  • PART III. MATERIAL CIVILIZATION (page 383)
    • 11. THE MEDIEVAL ARTISAN (R. H. G. THOMSON, page 383)
    • 12. BUILDING-CONSTRUCTION (MARTIN S. BRIGGS, page 397)
    • 13. FINE METAL-WORK (HERBERT MARYON, page 449)
    • NOTE ON STAMPING OF COINS AND OTHER OBJECTS (PHILIP GRIERSON, page 485)
  • PART IV. TRANSPORT (page 493)
    • 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), page 493)
    • 15. VEHICLES AND HARNESS (E. M. JOPE, page 537)
    • 16. SHIPBUILDING (T. C. LETHBRIDGE, page 563)
  • PART V. PRACTICAL MECHANICS AND CHEMISTRY (page 589)
    • 17. POWER (R. J. FORBES, page 589)
    • A NOTE ON WINDMILLS (REX WAILES, page 623)
    • 18. MACHINES (BERTRAND GILLE, page 629)
    • A NOTE ON ANCIENT CRANES (page 658)
    • 19. HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND SANITATION (R. J. FORBES, page 663)
    • 20. MILITARY TECHNOLOGY (A. R. HALL, page 695)
    • 21. ALCHEMICAL EQUIPMENT (E. J. HOLMYARD, page 731)
  • EPILOGUE
    • EAST AND WEST IN RETROSPECT (CHARLES SINGER, page 753)
    • INDEXES (page 777)
  • PLATES
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
AA 25.1 (Jul. 1959): 130-132 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-7316%28195907%2925%3A1%3C130%3AAHOTVI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-0
CR 8.2 (Jun. 1958): 171-175 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0009-840X%28195806%292%3A8%3A2%3C171%3AAHOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-S
ISIS 49.1 (Mar. 1958): 89-90 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-1753%28195803%2949%3A1%3C89%3AAHOTVI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-T
JEH 18.1 (Mar. 1958): 67-70 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-0507%28195803%2918%3A1%3C67%3AAHOTVI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-5
JMH 33.1 (Mar. 1961): 72-74 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-2801%28196103%2933%3A1%3C72%3AAHOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-5
ENHR 76.298 (Jan. 1961): 84-87 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-8266%28196101%2976%3A298%3C84%3AAHOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-K
Man 58 (Apr. 1958): 68-69 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0025-1496%28195804%291%3A58%3C68%3A7%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7
ISIS 49.1 (Mar. 1958): 89-90 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-1753%28195803%2949%3A1%3C89%3AAHOTVI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-T
SP 33.1 (Jan. 1958): 130-135 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0038-7134%28195801%2933%3A1%3C130%3AAHOTIT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-E
AJP 79.3 (1958): 317-321 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9475%281958%2979%3A3%3C317%3AAHOTIT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-U
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Published: 1954
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780198581062 (hardcover)
Subject
  • Science & Technology
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