Engineering : an illustrated history from ancient craft to modern technology (Record no. 68562)
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| fixed length control field | 02402 a2200169 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780985323097 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 620.009 |
| Item number | JAC |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Jackson, Tom Ed. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Engineering : an illustrated history from ancient craft to modern technology |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Shelter Harbor Press |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2016 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 144p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Contents:<br/>Introduction 6<br/>Stone technology 10<br/>Taming fire 11<br/>The first boats 12<br/>Pottery 13<br/>Megalith 14<br/>Building cities 15<br/>The plow 16<br/>Metalworking 16<br/>The wheel 18<br/>Rope stretchers 19<br/>Ziggurat 19<br/>Pyramid 20<br/>The arch 22<br/>Irrigation 22<br/>Trireme 23<br/>The Cloaca Maxima 24<br/>Icehouse 24<br/>The Parthenon 26<br/>Waterwheel 26<br/>The Pont du Gard 28<br/>Simple machines 28<br/>The Pantheon 30<br/>Paper 31<br/>Gunpowder 31<br/>The compass 32<br/>Galleon 33<br/>Great Wall of China 34<br/>Submarine 36<br/>Vacuum pump 37<br/>Pendulum clock 38<br/>Steam engine 38<br/>Seed drill 40<br/>Balloon 40<br/>Hydraulics 41<br/>Industrial Revolution 42<br/>Electric motor 44<br/>Water treatment 45<br/>Refrigeration 46<br/>Ocean liner 46<br/>Bicycle 48<br/>The Thames Tunnel 49<br/>Steelmaking 50<br/>Plastic 51<br/>Ironclad 52<br/>Subway 53<br/>The Transcontinental Railroad 54<br/>Telephone 56<br/>Lightbulb 58<br/>Power plant 58<br/>Brooklyn Bridge 60<br/>Skyscraper 61<br/>Automobile 62<br/>Turbine 64<br/>Radio communication 65<br/>Flyer I 66<br/>The Panama Canal 67<br/>Tank 68<br/>Freeway 68<br/>Television 69<br/>Hydroelectricity 70<br/>Airship 72<br/>Radar 74<br/>Rocket engine 75<br/>Helicopter 76<br/>Jet power 77<br/>Digital computer 78<br/>Nuclear energy 80<br/>Transistor 82<br/>Laser 83<br/>Satellite 84<br/>Fertilizers 85<br/>Oil platform 86<br/>SR-71 Blackbird 87<br/>The Internet 88<br/>Apollo spacecraft 90<br/>Jumbo jet 91<br/>LCDs 92<br/>Genetic engineering 92<br/>MRI 93<br/>Bagger 288 94<br/>Seawise Giant 95<br/>Stealth plane 96<br/>World Wide Web 97<br/>Lithium battery 98<br/>GPS 99<br/>Optical disc 100<br/>Bridge and tunnel 100<br/>ISS 102<br/>Palm islands 104<br/>Smartphone 105<br/>Drone 106<br/>E-ink 107<br/>Burj Khalifa 108<br/>Fuel cell 109<br/>Self-driving car 110<br/>Curiosity rover 111<br/>Atlas robot 112<br/>Wind power 113<br/>Maglev train 114<br/>Solar power 116<br/>Engineering 101: the basics 118<br/>Imponderables 128<br/>The great engineers 134<br/>Bibliography and other resources 140<br/>Index 141<br/>Acknowledgements 144<br/>A Timeline History of Engineering back pocket engineering marvels.<br/> |
| 600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 60157 |
| 890 ## - Country | |
| Country | USA |
| 891 ## - Topic | |
| Topic | FT |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Withdrawn status | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last borrowed | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | 28/09/2021 | The Word Bookshop | 3996.00 | 3 | 620.009 JAC | 022841 | 09/11/2021 | 08/11/2021 | 4995.00 | 29/06/2021 | Book |