An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 106. This one of a kind encyclopedia presents the entire field of technology from rudimentary agricultural tools to communication satellites in this first of its kind reference source. Following an introduction that discusses basic tools, devices, and mechanisms, the chapters are grouped into five parts that provide detailed information on materials, power and engineering, transportation, communication and calculation, and technology and society, revealing how different technologies have together evolved to produce enormous changes in the course of history | INDEX OF NAMES Wood Henry 341 Wood Henry 676 Woolf Arthur 279 Woolley Sir Leonard 57 69 Woolrich . 357-8 Worcester Edward Somerset 2nd Marquis of 33 273 Worsdell . 582 Wren Christopher 860 867 881-2 Wright Orville and Wilbur 39 622-4 Wyatt John 824-5 828 830 Yost Paul E. 613 Young James 211 Young . 729 Zahn Johann 731 Zède Gustave 537 Zeiger Herbert 737 Zeiss Carl 417 Zeppelin Count Ferdinand von 617 Zisman 220 Zizka John 978 Zonca 265 266 Zuccato Eugenio de 683 Zuse Konrad 702 Zworykin Vladimir K. 745 Zyl van 251 1032 INDEX OF TOPICS Aaron Manby ship 164 abacus 686 697-8 Aberdeen ship 286 Aberdeen granite construction 860 abrasives 407-8 accumulator 353-4 acoustic coupler 710 acrylic fibres 850 acrylic plastics 219 adhesives 220 adobe 856 advertising radio 727 adzes copper 49 stone 11 aerofoil sails ships 526 aeronautical alloys 116 122 143 aeronautics see balloons aircraft Africa early technology 6 9 10 Aga cooker 941-2 Agamemnon ship 715 Agenoria locomotive 562 Agricultural Revolution 802 agriculture 761-802 alternate husbandry 779 animal husbandry 765 animal power in 267 765 arable farming 767-87 archaeologists view 761-2 canals benefiting 512-13 crop rotation 21 779 crop storage 799-800 dairy farming 791-6 farm traction 787-91 fertilizers 170 223-4 774-5 pest control 775-7 weed control 777-8 air compressed 469 553 962 air defence missiles 1008 air warfare 994-5 998-1000 see also aircraft military aircraft 609-47 cantilever wing 628 convertible and hybrid 644 engines gas turbines 39 330 333 335-8 634-40 piston 39 31920 supercharged 316 jet-propelled 39 63440 jet-supported 639-40 man-powered 646-7 military 628 630 632-3 634 990 995 998 petrol-engined 622-34 recreational 644-6 rocket-propelled 634 635 spy 1010 steam-powered 619-21 supersonic 39-40 638-9 wing covering cellulose acetate 218 wing shapes 635 636 Wright brothers 39 622-4 see also airliners airships biplanes gliders aircraft carriers 535-6 1002 aircraft detectors 995 airliners 629 .
