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Page 134
... watermill went back to pre- Christian Greece and the windmill to eighth - century Persia , the plow , the loom , and the potter's wheel went back two or three thousand years further ; while its grains , fruits , and vegetables derived ...
... watermill went back to pre- Christian Greece and the windmill to eighth - century Persia , the plow , the loom , and the potter's wheel went back two or three thousand years further ; while its grains , fruits , and vegetables derived ...
Page 156
... watermill , the windmill , the mechanical clock and the lathe , were an integral part of it . This combination of extra - human energy with polytechnics enlarged the area of human freedom ; yet the pace of production , the constant ...
... watermill , the windmill , the mechanical clock and the lathe , were an integral part of it . This combination of extra - human energy with polytechnics enlarged the area of human freedom ; yet the pace of production , the constant ...
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... watermill , the windmill , gunpowder , and coal mining , of human activities in commerce and exploration and war , and of scientific interests , political ambitions , and financial drives that served directly and indirectly to widen the ...
... watermill , the windmill , gunpowder , and coal mining , of human activities in commerce and exploration and war , and of scientific interests , political ambitions , and financial drives that served directly and indirectly to widen the ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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