[PDF.16hp] Ingenium: Five Machines That Changed the World

Ingenium: Five Machines That Changed the World

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 | #2216768 in Books |  JHUP |  2007-05-04 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.78 x6.00l,.90 | File type: PDF | 200 pages

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||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| An excellent blend of physics, technology and history|By Customer|"Ingenium: Five Machines That Changed the World" by Mark Denny is another book in the genre of popular science books about familiar objects.

Denny covers the bow and arrow, waterwheels and windmills, counterpoise siege engines, the pendulum clock anchor escapement and the centrifugal governor.
||"Denny has produced a book that is both educational and entertaining." (Physics World)

|"This book will give the reader an appreciation of the effectiveness of ancient technology. It will also be a useful reference for engineering and physic

Ingenium is medieval English vernacular for "an ingenious contrivance." In this fascinating book, physicist Mark Denny considers five such contrivances―the bow and arrow, the waterwheel, the counterpoise siege engine (including the trebuchet), the pendulum clock anchor escapement, and the centrifugal governor―and demonstrates how they literally changed the world. Interweaving an entertaining narrative with diagrams, equations, and drawings, Denny shares th...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Ingenium: Five Machines That Changed the World   |  Mark Denny. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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