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Today, let s read an old book about a new world. The University of Houston s College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them. It s 1832. Our 20th century world is just a premonition in people s minds. The forty years of upheaval that began with the American Revolution finally ended when Napoleon lost at Waterloo. Now America and England are turning themselves into industrial nations. England is far ahead, but we re closing the gap faster than anyone realizes. In 1832, a small yearbook came out in London. It was called, Arcana of Science and Art. The ....
Today, farming comes to Europe. The University of Houston s College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them. In fall, 1974, my family and I walked a trail on the plateau above the Serbian side of the Danube. It was rainy and verdant. Small farms broke into the forest here and there. The compact and efficient style of farming seemed old as the river itself. I didn t realize that day above the Danube that these were the very first northern European farmlands. Peter Bogucki tells how agriculture passed through this gate on its way into Europe. ....
Today, Europe invents Johann Gutenberg. The University of Houston s College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them. We date book-printing with Gutenberg s Bible in 1456. One day we wrote books with pens. The next we went to the book store. And that s only a small exaggeration. By 1500 we d printed almost 15,000,000 new books. That spelled huge change by any reckoning. No new technology moves that fast if the world isn t primed to receive it. But the world was. Europe had cried out for movable type since the late 1100 s. That was almost 300 years. ....