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A history of technology

Singer, Charles Joseph, 1876-1960., Raper, Richard.

Year: 1954-1978.

Publisher: Clarendon Press.

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Frontmatter

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, TABLES, AND MAPS

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES by F.E. ZEUNER, Professor of Environmental Archaeology in the University of London

MAPS

PART I BASIC SOCIAL FACTORS

1. SKILL AS A HUMAN POSSESSION

2. EARLY FORMS OF SOCIETY

3. DISCOVERY, INVENTION, AND DIFFUSION

4. SPEECH AND LANGUAGE

5. PRIMITIVE TIME-RECKONING

PART II FOOD-COLLECTING STAGE

6. WORKING STONE, BONE, AND WOOD

7. GRAPHIC AND PLASTIC ARTS

8. FORAGING, HUNTING, AND FISHING

9. ROTARY MOTION

10. FIRE-MAKING, FUEL, AND LIGHTING

11. CHEMICAL, CULINARY, AND COSMETIC ARTS

12. BUILDING IN WATTLE, WOOD, AND TURF

PART IV SPECIALIZING INDUSTRIES

13. DOMESTICATION OF ANIMALS

14. CULTIVATION OF PLANTS

15. POTTERY

16. TEXTILES, BASKETRY, AND MATS

17. BUILDING IN BRICK AND STONE

18. DIFFERENTIATION OF NON-METALLIC TOOLS

19. WATER-SUPPLY, IRRIGATION, AND AGRICULTURE

PART V UTILIZATION OF METALS

MINING AND QUARRYING

21. EXTRACTING, SMELTING, AND ALLOYING

22. METAL IMPLEMENTS AND WEAPONS

23. FINE METAL-WORK

24. FINE IVORY-WORK

25. FINE WOOD-WORK

PART VI TRANSPORT

16. LAND TRANSPORT WITHOUT WHEELS ROADS AND BRIDGES

27. WHEELED VEHICLES

28. BOATS AND SHIPS

PART VII THE PREPARATION FOR SCIENCE

29. RECORDING AND WRITING

30. MEASURES AND WEIGHTS

31. ANCIENT MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY

INDEXES

PLATES

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Title:

A history of technology : edited by Charles Singer ... [et al.].

Author:

Singer, Charles Joseph, 1876-1960; Raper, Richard

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A history of technology : edited by Charles Singer ... [et al.].
Singer, Charles Joseph, 1876-1960, Raper, Richard
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1954-1978.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.02191

Subject Headings:

• Civilization -- History
• Technology -- History

Notes:

• Volumes 6-7 ed. by T.I. Williams.
• Electronic access restricted; authentication may be required

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