Things: A Volume of Objects Devised by Man's Genius which are the Measure of His CivilizationGeoffrey Grigson, Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith Hawthorn Books, 1957 - 466 Seiten |
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... turning them over and so exposing the undersides to the sun and wind . Cross - ploughing defeated this aim . So came ... turn each of the large ' felds ' . As econo- mic conditions changed at the end of the Middle Ages this cumbersome ...
... turning them over and so exposing the undersides to the sun and wind . Cross - ploughing defeated this aim . So came ... turn each of the large ' felds ' . As econo- mic conditions changed at the end of the Middle Ages this cumbersome ...
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... turning bowls , wheel - hubs , etc. , the wood had to 233 be fixed on the end of the spindle , and so neces- sarily lay outside the spindle bearings . This turn- ing on a ' chuck ' needed a stronger frame , and also a motive - power ...
... turning bowls , wheel - hubs , etc. , the wood had to 233 be fixed on the end of the spindle , and so neces- sarily lay outside the spindle bearings . This turn- ing on a ' chuck ' needed a stronger frame , and also a motive - power ...
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... turn ; when the wind veers , it turns the vanes , and these , being connected by gearing either to wheels at the base of the ladder in post- mills , or in tower - mills to a geared rack at the top of the tower , turn until the sails ...
... turn ; when the wind veers , it turns the vanes , and these , being connected by gearing either to wheels at the base of the ladder in post- mills , or in tower - mills to a geared rack at the top of the tower , turn until the sails ...
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GROTTO at Painshill Park Surrey SirènChina | 186 |
Kircher Ars magna lucis | 294 |
Mavungu Pitt Rivers Museum | 399 |
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