HSCI 1715 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Industrial Revolution, Scientific Literature, Signify
6 Oct 2017
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How does it connect to other things you know: using this document, what can you now say about this time in history. Elephant"s retreat: higher-up , educated people, politics, administrative, medieval china, books, personal writings, records, journal, poems, emperor, anyone interested in environment. 5/6 chinese tried to control sea at hanzhou bay by building seawall, to prevent flooding and avoid death, protects fields and pastures. Three examples: successful lock at three river"s mouth: hao(cid:454)i(cid:374)g plai(cid:374) a(cid:374)d the qia(cid:374)ta(cid:374)g ri(cid:448)er, cao"e. - on north: earthen wall 4,000 ft long & 400 ft wide. It"s an improvement to build seawall, but not a progress. Progress towards divine end, but improvement is more focused on the actions people take. John smeaton: john smeaton, civil engineer, society of engineers, mid-18 c, during enlightenment, scientific paper, academy, social elites, anyone interested in waterwheels, other scientists because. -force, power, energy, efficiency, momentum, effect concepts unavailable to smeaton.
