Stronger Than a Hundred Men: A History of the Vertical Water Wheel

ISBN-13: 9780801872488 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 480 str.

Terry S. Reynolds

Opis

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.