Table of Contents

I. The Place of Technology in Economic History II. Historical Analysis of Social Change III. The Particular System of Events IV. The Emergence of Novelty in Thought and Action V. The Early History of the Pure Applied Mechanical Sciences VI. The Mechanical Equipment of Pre-Christian Antiquity VII. The Development of Water Wheels and Windmills: 150 B.C.- A.D. 1500 VIII. Water Clocks and Mechanical Clocks: 16 B.C.- A.D. 1500 IX. Leonardo da Vinci: Engineer and Inventor X. The Invention of Printing XI. Machinery of the Textile Industries: 100-1800 XII. The Development of Clocks and Watches Into Instruments of Precision: 1500-1800 XIII. The Production and Application of Power: 1500-1830 XIV. Machine Tools and Quantity Production: 1450-1850 XV. The Production and Distribution of Power Since 1832 Notes Bibliography Index