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| FUNDACIÓN JUANELO TURRIANO | 045 2013 November |
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| NEWS |
| BOOK ON ROMAN ENGINEERING NOW POSTED IN THE DIGITAL LIBRARY |
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| The first title in the collection Lecciones Juanelo Turriano de Historia de Ingeniería (Juanelo Turriano lectures on the history of engineering) is now available in the Fundación Juanelo Turriano Digital Library. The book reproduces the conferences delivered in Segovia on the occasion of the 2012 course on Roman engineering entitled “That the greatness of the empire might be attended with distinguished authority in its public buildings”, jointly organised by UNED and Fundación Juanelo Turriano. Access the book here. |
| REVIEWS OF FUNDACIÓN JUANELO TURRIANO PUBLICATIONS IN ICON |
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| Volume 17 of ICON, The Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology carries reviews of several Fundación Juanelo Turriano publications, namely: - Glenn Stephen Murray Fantom, José María Izaga Reiner and Jorge Miguel Soler Valencia. El Real Ingenio de la Moneda de Segovia: Maravilla tecnológica del siglo XVI (the royal mint at Segovia: sixteenth century technological wonder). Madrid: Fundación Juanelo Turriano, 2006.
- Francesc Xavier Jufre García. El artificio de Juanelo Turriano para elevar agua al Alcázar de Toledo (S. XVI). Modelo con escaleras de Valturio (Juanelo Turriano’s artifice to hoist water to Toledo’s sixteenth-century fortress using Valturio ladders). Lleida: Editorial Milenio; Madrid: Fundación Juanelo Turriano, 2008.
- Ignacio González Tascón and Isabel Velázquez. Ingeniería romana en Hispania. Historia y técnicas constructivas (Roman engineering in Spain, history and construction techniques). Madrid: Fundación Juanelo Turriano, 2005.
- Alejandro Ricart Cabús. Pirámides y obeliscos, transporte y construcción: una hipótesis (pyramids and obelisks, transport and construction, a hypothesis). Madrid: Fundación Juanelo Turriano, 2008.
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| ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ICOHTEC PRIZE FOR YOUNG SCHOLARS |
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| ICOHTEC (International Committee for the History of Technology) has announced a new edition of its history of technology prize intended for young researchers. The prize, worth 3 000 euros, is sponsored by the Fundación Juanelo Turriano. The deadline for submitting manuscripts is 7 February 2014. The winner will be announced at the 41st ICOHTEC Symposium, organised around the theme: “Technology in Times of Transition” (Brasov, Romania. 29 July-2 August 2014). The rules can be found here. Form for submitting proposals for symposium conferences (deadline: 3 February 2014). |
| ARTIFEX, ROMAN ENGINEERING AT HUÉRCAL OVERA |
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| The exhibition entitled Artifex, Roman Engineering, produced by Fundación Juanelo Turriano and CEHOPU-CEDEX (Centre for Historic Studies on Public Works and Urban Planning-Centre for Public Works Studies and Experimentation), opened at Huércal Overa on 30 October. It will be shown through 23 December 2013. More... |
| OTHER CURRENT EVENTS |
| 9TH INTERNATIONAL MOLINOLOGY CONGRESS: NOW OPEN FOR PROPOSALS FOR COMMUNICATIONS |
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| The 9th International Molinology Congress, jointly organised by the Asociación para la Conservación de la Huerta Murciana, “HUERMUR”, and Asociación para la Conservación y Estudio de los Molinos, ACEM, will be held at Murcia on 9-11 May 2014. The abstracts for proposed communications must be received by 24 January 2014. They may be submitted on the form accessed from the link below. Registration form for the congress |
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