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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 108

An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 108. 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 TOPICS pens 667 668-9 percussion cap 984 periodicals 672-3 Permalloy 137 Perpendicular architechture 876 Pershing 2 missile 1007 Persia see Iran perspective 731 Perspex 219 pest control 775-7 petrol 212 octane number 317 taxation 37 petrol engine see internal combustion engines petrol pump 459 petroleum cracking 212 port facilities 549 ship s fuel 531 petroleum industry 210-12 452 phalanx formation 969 Pharos Alexandria 542 phenakistoscope 739 Philadelphia-Pittsburgh Canal 512 Phoenicians purple-dyeing 200 silver mines 70 writing 667 phonautograph 720 phonograph 720-22 Phonovid system 750 phosgene 993 phosphate fertilizers 224 775 phosphorus matches 912 phossy jaw 912 photocomposition printing 681 photocopying machines 684 736 photoelectric effect 744 photographs reproduction 679 photography 729-38 aerial 733 colour 735-6 film 218 734 instant 736-7 magnesium light 113 114 paper 366 stereoscopic 735 photogravure process 679 680 photomicrography 734 piece-rate bonus payments 412 piecework payments 407 Pien Canal 475 pier buttress 877 pigeon post 733 pigments in cave paintings 11 grinding machines for 266 pike 976 Pilatus Railway 584 pile driver 19 piles screw 541 pilots sailing directions 547 Pioneer spacecraft 660 Pioneer Zephyr train 596 pipes gas 161 water 72 954 Prothecnica Biringuccio 396 pisé construction 856 pistols 977 985 pitch 206 211 220 Planet locomotive 562 564 planing machines 399-400 404 plaster 885-6 903-904 plaster of Paris 885 904 plasterboard 886 904 plastics 217-20 building materials 900 domestic applications 947-8 foam 907 furniture 910 laminates 906 plate glass 197-8 910 platforming petroleum 212 platinum 129-32 platinum filament lamp 238 ploughing electric 381 ploughs 13 769-72 788 mole 772 wheeled 21 770 plutonium 214-15 plutonium bomb 1005-1006 plywood 906 pneumatic power 962 see also air compressed pneumatic tyres 37 217 436 446 449 tractor 790-91 Po waterways complex 500-501 pocket battleship 324 Polaroid cameras 736-7 pole lathe .