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  Stronger Than a Hundred Men: A History of the Vertical Water Wheel (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology (Paperback)) (Paperback) By (author) Terry S. Reynolds

  

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  Short Description for Stronger Than a Hundred MenThe vertical water wheel was for centuries humanity's primary mechanical source of power. This book explores its global development from invention in ancient times through replacement by the steam turbine during the Industrial Revolution, and its social, economic and technological consequences.
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  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • Published: 01 January 2003
  • Format: Paperback 453 pages
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  • Categories: Impact Of Science & Technology On Society | History Of Science | History Of Engineering & Technology | Mechanical Engineering | Hydraulics & Pneumatics
  • ISBN 13: 9780801872488 ISBN 10: 0801872480
  • Sales rank: 491,822

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• 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 vertical water wheel from its invention in ancient times through its eventual demise as a source of power during the Industrial Revolution. Spanning more than 2000 years, Terry Reynolds's account follows the progression of this labor-saving device from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and America-covering the evolution of the water wheel itself, the development of dams and reservoirs, and the applications of water power.