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... watermill ( third century B.C. ? ) and the Persian inven- tion of the windmill ( eighth century B.C. ? ) not merely served agriculture and land reclamation , but improved mining technology . The widespread adoption of this cheap form of ...
... watermill ( third century B.C. ? ) and the Persian inven- tion of the windmill ( eighth century B.C. ? ) not merely served agriculture and land reclamation , but improved mining technology . The widespread adoption of this cheap form of ...
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... watermill is attached to a pumping system to carry off underground water . ( Left ) Transport and wash- ing of ores . ( Right ) Undershot waterwheel and pump for automatic mine drain- age . From Agricola's ' De Re Metallica ' ( see ...
... watermill is attached to a pumping system to carry off underground water . ( Left ) Transport and wash- ing of ores . ( Right ) Undershot waterwheel and pump for automatic mine drain- age . From Agricola's ' De Re Metallica ' ( see ...
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... watermill , and later the windmill . The invention of machines and their organization into large work - units went ... watermills in Europe . As early as 1066 , when William the Conqueror seized England , there were 8,000 watermills ...
... watermill , and later the windmill . The invention of machines and their organization into large work - units went ... watermills in Europe . As early as 1066 , when William the Conqueror seized England , there were 8,000 watermills ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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