Landels, John G. (Author)
University of California Press
Physical Details: 238 pp., illus., bibl., append., index
Language: English
Description Revised edition with revised preface and new appendix and bibliography (originally published in 1978). Discusses Greek and Roman power and energy sources, water engineering, cranes, transportation devices and machines from aqueducts to catapults.
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