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Author Gurstelle, William, author.

Title ReMaking history : early makers / William Gurstelle
Edition First edition
Published [San Francisco, CA] : Maker Media, 2016

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Series Make
Make (Sebastopol, Calif.)
Contents Let's Remake History; 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 andt he 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 PumpThe Inventor's Workshop; Further Reading; Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 03, 2016)
Subject Inventors -- History
Industrial arts -- History.
SCIENCE / Applied Sciences
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Reference
Industrial arts
Inventors
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781680450583
1680450581
9781680450569
1680450565
Other Titles ReMaking history. Volume 1, Early makers
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Early makers