Book Description
First general account of the mechanics behind pre-industrial technology, combining the skills of an engineer and an archaeologist.
Author : Brian Cotterell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 34,25 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521428712
First general account of the mechanics behind pre-industrial technology, combining the skills of an engineer and an archaeologist.
Author : Colin Chant
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 18,77 MB
Release : 2005-11-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 1134636199
This, the first book in the series, explores cities from the earliest earth built settlements to the dawn of the industrial age exploring ancient, Medieval, early modern and renaissance cities. Among the cities examined are Uruk, Babylon, Thebes, Athens, Rome, Constantinople, Baghdad, Siena, Florence, Antwerp, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Mexico City, Timbuktu, Great Zimbabwe, Hangzhou, Beijing and Hankou Among the technologies discussed are: irrigation, water transport, urban public transport, aqueducts, building materials such as brick and Roman concrete, weaponry and fortifications, street lighting and public clocks.
Author : Robert C. Allen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 17,67 MB
Release : 2017-02-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0191016772
The 'Industrial Revolution' was a pivotal point in British history that occurred between the mid-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries and led to far reaching transformations of society. With the advent of revolutionary manufacturing technology productivity boomed. Machines were used to spin and weave cloth, steam engines were used to provide reliable power, and industry was fed by the construction of the first railways, a great network of arteries feeding the factories. Cities grew as people shifted from agriculture to industry and commerce. Hand in hand with the growth of cities came rising levels of pollution and disease. Many people lost their jobs to the new machinery, whilst working conditions in the factories were grim and pay was low. As the middle classes prospered, social unrest ran through the working classes, and the exploitation of workers led to the growth of trade unions and protest movements. In this Very Short Introduction, Robert C. Allen analyzes the key features of the Industrial Revolution in Britain, and the spread of industrialization to other countries. He considers the factors that combined to enable industrialization at this time, including Britain's position as a global commercial empire, and discusses the changes in technology and business organization, and their impact on different social classes and groups. Introducing the 'winners' and the 'losers' of the Industrial Revolution, he looks at how the changes were reflected in evolving government policies, and what contribution these made to the economic transformation. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author : Dick Parry
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 43,12 MB
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 144561460X
Dick Parry looks at the engineering developments of the medieval age. The story of engineering in the pre-industrial age, when men built everything by hand, with limited tools and techniques.
Author : Tony Atkins
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 32,56 MB
Release : 2009-07-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0080942458
The materials mechanics of the controlled separation of a body into two or more parts – cutting – using a blade or tool or other mechanical implement is a ubiquitous process in most engineering disciplines. This is the only book available devoted to the cutting of materials generally, the mechanics of which (toughness, fracture, deformation, plasticity, tearing, grating, chewing, etc.) have wide ranging implications for engineers, medics, manufacturers, and process engineers, making this text of particular interest to a wide range of engineers and specialists. - The only book to explain and unify the process and techniques of cutting in metals AND non-metals. The emphasis on biomaterials, plastics and non-metals will be of considerable interest to many, while the transfer of knowledge from non-metals fields offers important benefits to metal cutters - Comprehensive, written with this well-known author's lightness of touch, the book will attract the attention of many readers in this underserved subject - The clarity of the text is further enhanced by detailed examples and case studies, from the grating of cheese on an industrial scale to the design of scalpels
Author : Are Tsirk
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 37,62 MB
Release : 2014-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1784910236
This book is for students and practitioners of not only knapping, lithic technology and archaeology, but also of fractography and fracture mechanics. In general, understanding of fractures provides a sounder basis for lithic analysis, and use of more recent scientific tools opens new avenues for lithic studies.
Author : Derek Hull
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 26,27 MB
Release : 1999-09-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521646840
An advanced 1999 text for those working in materials science and related inter-disciplinary subjects.
Author : Karenleigh A. Overmann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 42,80 MB
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0190854626
Cognitive archaeology is a relatively new interdisciplinary science that uses cognitive and psychological models to explain archeological artifacts like stone tools, figurines, and art. Squeezing Minds From Stones is a collection of essays from early pioneers in the field, like archaeologists Thomas Wynn and Iain Davidson, and evolutionary primatologist William McGrew, to 'up and coming' newcomers like Shelby Putt, Ceri Shipton, Mark Moore, James Cole, Natalie Uomini, and Lana Ruck. Their essays address a wide variety of cognitive archaeology topics, including the value of experimental archaeology, primate archaeology, the intent of ancient tool makers, and how they may have lived and thought.
Author : Terry L. Hunt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 11,66 MB
Release : 2001-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0313000875
Although many believe that archaeological knowledge consists simply of empirical findings, this notion is false; data are generated with the guidance of theory, or some sense-making system acting in its place whether researchers recognize this or not. Failure to understand the relationship between theory and the empirical world has led to the many debates and frustrations of contemporary archaeology. Despite years of trying, the atheoretical, empiricist foundations of archaeology have left us little but a history of storytelling and unsatisfying generalizations about historical change and human diversity. The present work offers promising directions for building theoretically defensible results by providing well-designed case studies that can be used as guides or exemplars. Evolutionary theory, in at least some form, is the foundation for a scientific archaeology that will yield scientific explanations for historical change.
Author : H.P. Rossmanith
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 47,50 MB
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789054106791
This book describes the historical development of the engineering discipline of fracture mechanics from early times to the scientific treatment of the subject in the 20th century. Most papaers do not require a mathematical background to understand them.