... ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2012 history hydraulics & hydrodynamics mathematical modelling The UK's Environment Agency north-west region, south area flood and coastal risk management team has been undertaking studies to support local authorities in the implementation...

...-spit was, perhaps, the first ‘smart' or environmentally responsive mechanism in the history of technology: the hotter the kitchen fire became, the faster an iron aerofoil in the chimney rotated and, via a geared linkage, the quicker the meat turned! He also floated a scientifically ‘state of the art...