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Author Gimpel, Jean.

Title The medieval machine : the industrial revolution of the Middle Ages / Jean Gimpel.

Publication Info. New York : Penguin Books, 1977.
©1976

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  330.9 GIMPEL    Check Shelf
Description xi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Note Reprint of the 1976 ed. published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The energy resources of Europe and their development -- The agricultural revolution -- Mining the mineral wealth of Europe -- Environment and pollution -- Labor conditions in three medieval industries -- Villard de Honnecourt : architect and engineer -- The mechanical clock : the key machine -- Reason, mathematics, and experimental science -- The end of an era.
Local Note c.1 March '96 ; $12.00 paper
c.1 March '96 ; $12.00 paper
Subject Economic history -- Medieval, 500-1500.
ISBN 0140045147
9780140045147
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