Publication:

Roman and Islamic water-lifting wheels

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    Authors & editors

    Schiøler, Thorkild [Author]

    Publisher Odense University Press
    Year of publication 1973
    Languages

    Danish (summaries only)
    English (main text)

    Medium Book
    Edition1
    ISBN8774920901
    Topics

    Water supply & management > Irrigation & drainage

    Tags

    Scope & contentWater-raising machines described and illustrated in literature, manuscripts and papyri.

    Copies held

    Accession no. 228916

    • Shelf location: I200-SCH
    • Donor: Ken Major Collection
    • Notes: Translation from Danish by Pauline M. Katborg

    Divisions within this publication

    • 1: Waterwheels: classification and technology
    • 2: The European Paternoster pump
    • 3: Islamic waterwheels and perpetual motion
    • 4: Water-raising machines in Indian texts
    • 5: Waterwheels in ruined Islamic castles
    • 6: Roman and Islamic waterwheel pots
    • 7: The waterwheel in classical archaeology