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A history of technology & invention : progress through the ages

Title: A history of technology & invention : progress through the ages / edited by Maurice Daumas ; translated by Eileen B. Hennessy.
Publication: New York : Crown Publishers, c1969-

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Permit needed	Schlosser 162	Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Description

v. : ill., maps.; 26 cm.

Subject

Note

"Papyrus": v. 1, p. 176-[178], p. 212; "Paper [in the ancient Far East]": v. 1, p. 285-287; "The appearance of paper": v. 1, p. 358; "Paper [in pre-Columbian America]": v. 1, p. 408; "Papermaking in Europe": v. 2, p. 98-99; "Papermaking": v. 2, p. 207-210; "Printing, the raw materials, the support": v. 2, p. 627-630. For further references to paper, cf. indexes.
Translation of: Histoire générale des techniques.

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Contents

v. 1. The origins of technological civilization -- v. 2. The first stages of mechanization -- v. 3. The expansion of mechanization, 1725-1860.

Call Number

Schlosser 162

LCCN

71093403 //r83

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Title

A history of technology & invention : progress through the ages / edited by Maurice Daumas ; translated by Eileen B. Hennessy.

Imprint

New York : Crown Publishers, c1969-

Bibliography

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Local Subject

Papyrus (Writing material)

Added Author

Daumas, Maurice.

Hennessy, Eileen B.

Research Call Number

Schlosser 162 Schlosser Coll. has v. 1-2 only.