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The Evolution of Spinning (I): Industrial Espionage

By longshanks

The rise of the Industrial Revolution can, more or less, be traced back to a breathtaking episode of...

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Looking at a Structural Problem in Chinese Movable Type - Insights from the Wood Movable-Type Edition of  Wang Zhen’s Nong Shu

By Tinyfool

While collecting materials on textile technology for this history-of-technology website, I naturally...

History of Technology

The History of the Printing Press: From Ancient Impressions to the Engine of Modern Knowledge

Few inventions in human history have reshaped civilization as profoundly as the printing press. Its...
History of Technology

The Evolution of Textile Machinery: From Hand Spindles to Fully Automated Mills

Few technologies have shaped human civilization as profoundly as textile production. For thousands o...
History of Technology

The Steam Engine That Changed Everything

For most of human history, power came from muscles — human or animal.Cities were small. Production w...