John Muendel
Biographic Data
| ID | 970619 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Muendel |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Muendel |
| SIGNATURE | MUENDEL J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Manufacture of the Skullcap (Cervelliera) in the Florentine Countryside During the Age of Dante and the Problem of Identifying Michael Scot as Its Inventor
The activities of the rural blacksmiths of Cascia, operating beyond the environs of Dante's Florence, and their employers, an urban company of mercers, indicate that the relationship between the city and the countryside was not separated by any differences in cultural outlook. The ties were close rather than antagonistic not only because of an inherent sense of mobility shared by both parties, but also on account of the standard of craftsmanship …
Technology and Resource Use in Medieval Europe
Reviewed by: Technology and Resource Use in Medieval Europe* John Muendel (bio) Technology and Resource Use in Medieval Europe. Edited by Elizabeth Bradford Smith and Michael Wolfe. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1997. Pp. vii+216; maps, figures, notes/references, index. $72.95. The essays collected in this book come from a 1995 conference sponsored by the Center for Medieval Studies at Pennsylvania State University. They concern medieval architects, crafts…
Il contado senese all'epoca dei Nove
Sistemi d'acqua e mulini in Friuli fra i secoli XIV e XV
Friction and Lubrication in Medieval Europe
Power from Wind
Introduction 1. The wind 2. The horizontal windmill 3. The post mill 4. Tower and smock mills 5. Windmill sails 6. Windmills for land drainage 7. Windpower in industry 8. The demise of the traditional windmill 9. The windmill for pumping water and water supply 10. Electric power from the wind Glossary and bibliography
Power from Wind
692 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE trates on gristmills and space heating and gives less attention to oil lamps than to the “poorly paid, wearying, and dangerous way of life” of whalers (p. 124). When he discusses standards of living in modern society, he alludes to household appliances as “electrical gadgets” (pp. 203, 220), and his primary source for the electrical redemption of the household is Robert Caro’s 1982 biography of Lyndon Johns…
Terra, acque e lavoro nella Viterbo medievale. Angela Lanconelli , Rita Luisa De Palma
Medieval Urban Renewal
The Internal Functions of a 14th-Century Florentine Flour Factory
of kinematics, the physicist, according to Reuleaux, had to resort to history. thorough understanding of old mechanisms, he stated, even more important than the creation of new ones. It is indeed astonishing to how small a depth the methods hitherto used have penetrated into their real nature, and how incompletely known therefore are most of the mechanisms in common use.2' To be sure, his historical approach to the understanding of mechanics is a…
The Mills of Medieval England
The Mills of Medieval England by Richard Holt
Book Reviews The Mills of Medieval England. By Richard Holt. Oxford and New York: Basil Blackwell, 1988. Pp. x + 202; illustrations, notes, appen dixes, bibliography, index. $55.00. Richard Holt has provided historians of technology, as well as those who study broader social and economic issues, with a rigorous, comprehensive coverage of medieval England’s use of mills powered by water, wind, and horses. Beginning with the water mill, he shows t…
The ‘French’ mill in medieval Tuscany
At the beginning of the thirteenth century the territory of Florence possessed three types of grain mill: the floating mill, found particularly on the River Arno in the immediate vicinity of the city of Florence itself; the suspension mill, located on the Arno as well as the free-flowing Elsa to the southwest; and the horizontal mill situated primarily along the streams throughout the Florentine countryside. The floating mill and suspension mill …
The Horizontal Mills of Medieval Pistoia
An assessment of the mills of Pistoia drawn up and approved by the General Council of the People on October 22, 1350 indicates that there were as many as 258 grain mills operating throughout the territory of Pistoia in the vicinity of its numerous rivers and torrents.'* The Florentine Catasto of 1427-30 demonstrates that by the early 15th century this number had been reduced to 118. Despite this extraordinary 54.3 percent decline which was brough…
Friction and Lubrication in Medieval Europe
The Manufacture of the Skullcap (Cervelliera) in the Florentine Countryside During the Age of Dante and the Problem of Identifying Michael Scot as Its Inventor
The activities of the rural blacksmiths of Cascia, operating beyond the environs of Dante's Florence, and their employers, an urban company of mercers, indicate that the relationship between the city and the countryside was not separated by any differences in cultural outlook. The ties were close rather than antagonistic not only because of an inherent sense of mobility shared by both parties, but also on account of the standard of craftsmanship …
The Horizontal Mills of Medieval Pistoia
An assessment of the mills of Pistoia drawn up and approved by the General Council of the People on October 22, 1350 indicates that there were as many as 258 grain mills operating throughout the territory of Pistoia in the vicinity of its numerous rivers and torrents.'* The Florentine Catasto of 1427-30 demonstrates that by the early 15th century this number had been reduced to 118. Despite this extraordinary 54.3 percent decline which was brough…
The Horizontal Mills of Medieval Pistoia
An assessment of the mills of Pistoia drawn up and approved by the General Council of the People on October 22, 1350 indicates that there were as many as 258 grain mills operating throughout the territory of Pistoia in the vicinity of its numerous rivers and torrents.'* The Florentine Catasto of 1427-30 demonstrates that by the early 15th century this number had been reduced to 118. Despite this extraordinary 54.3 percent decline which was brough…
The ‘French’ mill in medieval Tuscany
At the beginning of the thirteenth century the territory of Florence possessed three types of grain mill: the floating mill, found particularly on the River Arno in the immediate vicinity of the city of Florence itself; the suspension mill, located on the Arno as well as the free-flowing Elsa to the southwest; and the horizontal mill situated primarily along the streams throughout the Florentine countryside. The floating mill and suspension mill …
The Mills of Medieval England
The Mills of Medieval England by Richard Holt
Book Reviews The Mills of Medieval England. By Richard Holt. Oxford and New York: Basil Blackwell, 1988. Pp. x + 202; illustrations, notes, appen dixes, bibliography, index. $55.00. Richard Holt has provided historians of technology, as well as those who study broader social and economic issues, with a rigorous, comprehensive coverage of medieval England’s use of mills powered by water, wind, and horses. Beginning with the water mill, he shows t…
Medieval Urban Renewal
The Internal Functions of a 14th-Century Florentine Flour Factory
of kinematics, the physicist, according to Reuleaux, had to resort to history. thorough understanding of old mechanisms, he stated, even more important than the creation of new ones. It is indeed astonishing to how small a depth the methods hitherto used have penetrated into their real nature, and how incompletely known therefore are most of the mechanisms in common use.2' To be sure, his historical approach to the understanding of mechanics is a…
Terra, acque e lavoro nella Viterbo medievale. Angela Lanconelli , Rita Luisa De Palma
Friction and Lubrication in Medieval Europe
Power from Wind
Introduction 1. The wind 2. The horizontal windmill 3. The post mill 4. Tower and smock mills 5. Windmill sails 6. Windmills for land drainage 7. Windpower in industry 8. The demise of the traditional windmill 9. The windmill for pumping water and water supply 10. Electric power from the wind Glossary and bibliography
Power from Wind
692 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE trates on gristmills and space heating and gives less attention to oil lamps than to the “poorly paid, wearying, and dangerous way of life” of whalers (p. 124). When he discusses standards of living in modern society, he alludes to household appliances as “electrical gadgets” (pp. 203, 220), and his primary source for the electrical redemption of the household is Robert Caro’s 1982 biography of Lyndon Johns…
Sistemi d'acqua e mulini in Friuli fra i secoli XIV e XV
Technology and Resource Use in Medieval Europe
Reviewed by: Technology and Resource Use in Medieval Europe* John Muendel (bio) Technology and Resource Use in Medieval Europe. Edited by Elizabeth Bradford Smith and Michael Wolfe. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1997. Pp. vii+216; maps, figures, notes/references, index. $72.95. The essays collected in this book come from a 1995 conference sponsored by the Center for Medieval Studies at Pennsylvania State University. They concern medieval architects, crafts…
Il contado senese all'epoca dei Nove
The Manufacture of the Skullcap (Cervelliera) in the Florentine Countryside During the Age of Dante and the Problem of Identifying Michael Scot as Its Inventor
The activities of the rural blacksmiths of Cascia, operating beyond the environs of Dante's Florence, and their employers, an urban company of mercers, indicate that the relationship between the city and the countryside was not separated by any differences in cultural outlook. The ties were close rather than antagonistic not only because of an inherent sense of mobility shared by both parties, but also on account of the standard of craftsmanship …
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