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028			_a; Donated by Prof. Romila Thapar
082			_a338 GIM
100			_aGompel, Jean.
245			_aThe Medieval Machine _c/ Jean Gompel.
260			_a, New York _b: Penguin Books _c, 1976.
300			_axi, 274p. _c: 24cm.
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520			_aThrough his own choice of source material, the author of this book reconstructs the commercial life of the Middle Ages, giving the reader an appreciation of how energy resources, manpower and sheer ingenuity were applied to agriculture, light industry, the construction trades and mining. He also brings to life some of the great men of the period - the architect-engineers and other technicians whose genius anticipated many of the innovations credited to Leonardo and other luminaries of the Renaissance.
650			_aIndustrial Revolution
650			_aEconomics
650			_aMiddle Age
700			_aJean Gimple.
942			_cBOOK
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