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... mechanical invention until the thirteenth century A.D. owed a greater debt to warfare than to the arts of peace . This holds over long stretches of history . The Bronze Age chariot pre- ceded the general use of wagons for transportation ...
... mechanical invention until the thirteenth century A.D. owed a greater debt to warfare than to the arts of peace . This holds over long stretches of history . The Bronze Age chariot pre- ceded the general use of wagons for transportation ...
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... mechanical progress were willing to admit : from the beginning in the fifteenth century blasted landscapes , befouled streams , polluted air , congested filthy slums , epidemics of avoidable disease , the ruthless extirpation of old ...
... mechanical progress were willing to admit : from the beginning in the fifteenth century blasted landscapes , befouled streams , polluted air , congested filthy slums , epidemics of avoidable disease , the ruthless extirpation of old ...
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... Mechanical control , secret of , 192 Mechanical invention , lim- itations of , 289 ; new , 283 ; tempo of , 285 Mechanical precision , pas- sion for , 88 Mechanical standards , 194 Mechanical time , 33 Mechanisms , lifelike , 263 ...
... Mechanical control , secret of , 192 Mechanical invention , lim- itations of , 289 ; new , 283 ; tempo of , 285 Mechanical precision , pas- sion for , 88 Mechanical standards , 194 Mechanical time , 33 Mechanisms , lifelike , 263 ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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