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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
ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
HISTORICAL NOTES
PART I. PRIMARY PRODUCTION
1. MINING AND QUARRYING TO THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
2. METALLURGY
3. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
PART II. MANUFACTURE
4. FOOD AND DRINK
5. LEATHER
A NOTE ON PARCHMENT
6. SPINNING AND WEAVING
7. PART I FURNITURE: TO THE END OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
PART II FURNITURE: POST-ROMAN
8. PART I CERAMICS FROM c 700 B.C. TO THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
8 PART II CERAMICS: MEDIEVAL
9. GLASS AND GLAZES
10. PRE-SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
A NOTE ON MILITARY PYROTECHNICS
PART III. MATERIAL CIVILIZATION
11. THE MEDIEVAL ARTISAN
12. BUILDING-CONSTRUCTION
13. FINE METAL-WORK
NOTE ON STAMPING OF COINS AND OTHER OBJECTS
PART IV. TRANSPORT
14. ROADS AND LAND TRAVEL WITH A SECTION (VI) ON HARBOURS, DOCKS, AND LIGHTHOUSES
15. VEHICLES AND HARNESS
16. SHIPBUILDING
PART V. PRACTICAL MECHANICS AND CHEMISTRY
17. POWER
A NOTE ON WINDMILLS
18. MACHINES
A NOTE ON ANCIENT CRANES
19. HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND SANITATION
20. MILITARY TECHNOLOGY
21. ALCHEMICAL EQUIPMENT
EPILOGUE
EAST AND WEST IN RETROSPECT
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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2008
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Source Version: A history of technology : edited by Charles Singer ... [et al.]. 
Singer, Charles Joseph, 1876-1960, Raper, Richard
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1954-1978.
URL: 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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