HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI (Read in 1 minute)
During the Middle Ages, no important advances in the design of valves are known. It was during the Renaissance, when the construction of...
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EGYPTIAN WATER MANAGEMENT AND IRRIGATION (Read in 1 minute)
The Egyptians practiced a form of water management called basin irrigation, a productive adaptation of the natural rise and fall of the...
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ROMAN EMPIRE WATER SYSTEMS (Read in 1 minute)
The story of water supply in the ancient Roman Empire is grand. The transport and hydraulic control of large quantities of fresh water...
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STEAM ENGINE AND HIGH-PRESSURE VALVES of NEWCOMEN (Read in 1 minute)
The first truly successful steam engine to drive a pump to remove water from mines. In 1705 Thomas Newcomen invented the first steam...
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