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... invention . Though I have stressed the three key Greek inventions , because they have been under - rated , I must add various others derived from them , such as the auger , the pulley , the winch , and the screw - press for mechanically ...
... invention . Though I have stressed the three key Greek inventions , because they have been under - rated , I must add various others derived from them , such as the auger , the pulley , the winch , and the screw - press for mechanically ...
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... invention widened out at an early period . The dovetail joint , for example , was an old Egyptian invention that kept sliding drawers - themselves another useful invention - from falling apart . The wicker chair , in form like the ...
... invention widened out at an early period . The dovetail joint , for example , was an old Egyptian invention that kept sliding drawers - themselves another useful invention - from falling apart . The wicker chair , in form like the ...
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... inventions set the pace for dynamic trans- formations . The importance of spectacles was enormously advanced by the other great invention that came a few centuries later : the printing press and its perfection through the invention of ...
... inventions set the pace for dynamic trans- formations . The importance of spectacles was enormously advanced by the other great invention that came a few centuries later : the printing press and its perfection through the invention of ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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