Book ID: CBB000102160

Engineering in the Ancient World (2000)

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Landels, John G. (Author)


University of California Press


Publication Date: 2000
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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Authors & Contributors
Rovida, Edoardo
Chirone, Emilio
Isabel Velázquez Soriano
Ignacio González Tascón
Biggioggero, Gianfrancesco
Cantoni, Virginio
Concepts
Technology
Power technology
Machines
Science and industry
Power production
Engineering
Time Periods
Ancient
20th century
19th century
21st century
Early modern
Renaissance
Places
Greece
Rome (Italy)
Italy
Mediterranean region
Soviet Union
Middle and Near East
Institutions
Ballard Power Systems, Inc.
General Electric
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