Moteurs à muscles cette énergie retro
Full details
| English title | Muscular motors, this retro energy |
| Authors & editors | |
| Publisher | l'Association "Le Clairmirouère du temps" |
| Year of publication | 1980 |
| Languages | French (main text) |
| Medium | Book |
| Edition | 2 |
| Topics | Energy & power > Development of technology |
| Tags | |
| Scope & content | Summary translation: A journal article on the subject of the history of mills; from Ancient China, Greece and Egypt to present day. Focuses on the 1900s – a time of ‘retro energy.’ Looks at various parts of mills such as the wheel, pivot etc. “Social events” such as the domestication of animals and other advancements. Wheels- history of who invented the wheel and its modifications over the years. Includes its impact on mills in Paris- including diagrams of specific models. The introduction and development of equipment such as cranes and their impact. Includes the history of Archimedes needle and its link to mills. |
Copies held
Accession no. 229929
- Shelf location: Z
- Donor: JSP Buckland Collection
