For most of human history, horses have been, primarily, a technology. An intimate technology, yes -- people named their horses, and groomed them, and sometimes loved them -- but horses were, for the ...
THE CAR: The Rise and Fall of the Machine that Made the Modern World. By Brian Appleyard. Pegasus Books. 320 pages. $28.95. It is our favorite machine, by far. For some it is integral to their ...
v. 1: Engineering drawing practice -- Windmills, their rise and decline -- Pumps and water-raising machinery -- Water-driven prime-movers -- Richard Arkwright, inventor and organizer -- Spinning and ...
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