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Stronger than a Hundred Men: A History of the Vertical Water Wheel (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)
Stronger than a Hundred Men A History of the Vertical Water Wheel - Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology
Author: Terry S. Reynolds
Like many apparently simple devices, the vertical water wheel has been around for so long that it is taken for granted. Yet this "picturesque artifact" was for centuries man's primary mechanical source of power and was the foundation upon which mills and other industries developed.Stronger than a Hundred Men explores the development of the verti...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780801872488
ISBN-10: 0801872480
Publication Date: 7/31/2002
Pages: 453
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Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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