THE HEAVENLY MACHINE
Glass Scientific glass blowing Stages of making glass Art of glass blowing Glass and spectacles The importance of glass and brass The links between science and industrialization Faraday's laboratory and its importance The nature and importance of early glass air pumps The importance of glass instruments in seventeenth century science Examples of lenses and glass receptacles Glass and its importance in early science The essence of steam technology Glass, clocks and precision Glass in the east and west and its consequences History of glass in East and West Glass making in a Benedictine workshop The importance of glass in understanding the modern world The history of glass making Why Venice became the centre of glass making Etching on glass How a glass mirror is made The role and effect of mirrors on civilizations Clocks The effects of clocks on civilization Origins of mechanical clocks Clocks and their discovery The development of complex mechanical clocks and the escapement Clocks and other medieval machines including mills The symbolism of clocks The spread of mechanical clocks The development of spring driven clocks The development of clocks into the eighteenth century Examples of clocks in action Precision clock making and the personalization of time A clockmaker’s shop as the pooling of many devices and skills Machine tools for making clocks Clock mechanisms and their effects Effects of the pocket watch in breaking up agrarian time The escape from nature given by clocks and machines Examples of clocks and watches Changing concepts of time caused by clocks Scenes in a factory full of large machines Religion A book-bindery in a Benedictine Abbey Library, refectory and garden in a Benedictine Abbey The history of the Benedictines and their role in civilization Holy Communion in a Benedictine Abbey Monastery Buddhism and Christianity compared Japanese culture and civilization Japanese toilets Remembering aborted foetuses Failure to develop weapons Bamboo factory Craftsman in bamboo Christians in Japan Eye tests in a school 'Maiko' painting her face and dressing The nature of fires in Japan 'Geisha' in Gion, Kyoto Lacquer work Short-sightedness (myopia) in Japan Discussions in an old school for Dutch learning, Osaka Paper making [and supplementary film] Pottery [and supplementary film: one and two] Making 'sake' [and supplementary film] Keio University and Speech Hall Sword making Trading with the Dutch Preparations for a tea ceremony Extracts from Sarah Harrison's diary of filming with Windfall Films in Japan [TEXT] back
Extracts from Sarah Harrison's diary of filming with Windfall Films in Japan [TEXT]
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