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... century ; and significantly , the abstract model of the mechanical New World was framed in lines of latitude and longitude on fifteenth - century maps well before 1492. It was through a similar set of pre - cartesian coordinates that ...
... century ; and significantly , the abstract model of the mechanical New World was framed in lines of latitude and longitude on fifteenth - century maps well before 1492. It was through a similar set of pre - cartesian coordinates that ...
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... century and after . Those who believed that a radical depar- ture had taken place at this point not only overlooked the long series of preparatory efforts , dating from the twelfth century , but they attributed an immediate result to ...
... century and after . Those who believed that a radical depar- ture had taken place at this point not only overlooked the long series of preparatory efforts , dating from the twelfth century , but they attributed an immediate result to ...
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... century and even later : it thus paved the way for hydro - electric installa- tions . So slow was the introduction ... century , the Bessemer furnace and the open - hearth furnace , were likewise end - products of the Iron Age , whose ...
... century and even later : it thus paved the way for hydro - electric installa- tions . So slow was the introduction ... century , the Bessemer furnace and the open - hearth furnace , were likewise end - products of the Iron Age , whose ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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