engineering

Taqi al-Din : a great Ottoman inventor

engineering

Par Luc Rolland

Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf al-Shami al-Asadi One of his books, Al-Turuq al-samiyya fi al-alat al-ruhaniyya ( The Sublime Methods of Spiritual Machines) (1551), described the workings of a rudimentary steam engine and steam turbine , predating the...

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Japan firms to work on solar-powered ship

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Par Luc Rolland

Dear all, the next important issue : to find efficient cargo transport consumming no petrol. I think that it is ridiculous to import Australian wine in the UK when you can get it from many places around the EU. http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUST463620080826...

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International Railway Symposium/ Trade Exhibition

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Par Luc Rolland

Dear all The Organising Committee for the II. International Railway Symposium(IRSTURKEY) is pleased to announce that the symposium and the trade exhibition will be held at Haydarpaşa Train Station, Istanbul during october 15-17, 2008. The goal of IRSTURKEY...

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