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Table of Contents:

• Part 1. Ancient times ; Chapter 1. The cave dwellers of Lascaux and the oil lamp
• Chapter 2. Ptah-Hotep and the bag press
• Chapter 3. Ctesibius and the siphon
• Chapter 4. Archimedes and the water screw
• Chapter 5. Heron of Alexandria and the gin pole ; Part 2. The hall of medieval makers ; Chapter 6. The medieval blacksmith and the oliver
• Chapter 7. Levi ben Gershon and the Jacob's staff ; Part 3. The inventions of the early modern scientists ; Chapter 8. Dame Juliana Berners and the fishing lure
• Chapter 9. Willebrord Snell and triangulation
• Chapter 10. Otto von Guericke and the vacuum pump
• The inventor's workshop.

Author/Creator:

Gurstelle, William , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Make: reMaking history [by Gurstelle, W.] > Volume 1, Early makers

Related Works:

Make (Sebastopol, Calif.)

Subjects:

Inventions — History

Inventors — History

Technology — History

Engineering — History

Industrial arts — History

Do-it-yourself work

General Notes:

Includes bibliographic references (pages 124-125) and index.

Physical Description:

xvi, 128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm

Call Numbers:

T15 .G87 2016

ISBNs:

9781680450606 (paperback)
1680450603 (paperback)

OCLC Numbers:

926743865