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... watermill . The original model for this invention might conceivably have come , by way of Alexander's armies , from ... water- mill as a practical invention , not a magical toy , came from Greece , the culture that had doggedly retained ...
... watermill . The original model for this invention might conceivably have come , by way of Alexander's armies , from ... water- mill as a practical invention , not a magical toy , came from Greece , the culture that had doggedly retained ...
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... watermill was necessarily limited , its spread and large - scale utilization , where possible , is now well attested . The dis- covery of sixteen watermills , set on eight symmetrical floors , at Barbegal near Arles , dating from A.D. ...
... watermill was necessarily limited , its spread and large - scale utilization , where possible , is now well attested . The dis- covery of sixteen watermills , set on eight symmetrical floors , at Barbegal near Arles , dating from A.D. ...
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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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