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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John G Landels |
| ISBN: | 0520034295 9780520034297 0520041275 9780520041271 |
| OCLC Number: | 3832463 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | 224 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Power and energy sources -- Water supplies and engineering -- Water pumps -- Cranes and hoists -- Catapults -- Ships and sea transport -- Land transport -- The progress of theoretical knowledge -- The principal Greek and Roman writers on technological subjects. |
| Responsibility: | J.G. Landels. |
Abstract:
The Greeks and Romans were considerable engineers. They made many remarkable machines, which where not betttered until the Industrial Revolution. Landels shows how these machines were developed and made. He draws together evidence from archaeological discoveries and from literary sources.
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