Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Lecture 3 - Preindustrial culture

Terms

Nucleated Family - parents and children as a discreet social and economic unit
Bronze Age - the first major metal used by civilization until iron was introduced around 1600 BCE
Ctesibus - ancient inventor who produced a clock
Hero - inventor who produced a steam engine
Water Clock - invented by Ctesibus
Alter Steam Engine - use of an engine to do work

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