The Cylinder: Kinematics of the Nineteenth Century by Helmut Müller-Sievers

The Cylinder: Kinematics of the Nineteenth Century

Flashpoints (University of California Press)

Helmut Müller-Sievers

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nonfiction classics literary science
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The Cylinder investigates the surprising proliferation of cylindrical objects in the nineteenth century, such as steam engines, phonographs, panoramas, rotary printing presses, silos, safety locks, and many more. Examining this phenomenon through ...

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