Engineering in the ancient world /
The Greeks and Romans were considerable engineers, making remarkable machines which were not bettered until the Industrial Revolution. Using wind, water, animal and man power, they made crossbows and catapults for war; they built water-mills and pumps, including fire-engines; they designed cranes an...
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London :
Constable,
1997.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Power and energy sources
- 2. Water supplies and engineering
- 3. Water pumps
- 4. Cranes and hoists
- 5. Catapults
- 6. Ships and sea transport
- 7. Land transport
- 8. The Progress of theoretical knowledge
- 9. The Principal Greek and Roman writers on technological subjects.