Engineering in the ancient world / John G Landels
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TextPublisher number: : Atlantic Publishers & Distributors | : 7/22 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2000Description: 238 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN: - 9780520227828
- 620.00938 LAN
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1. Power and Energy Sources --
Man-power --
Animal power --
Water power --
Wind power --
Steam power --
2. Water Supplies and Engineering --
App. The sizes of measurement nozzles, and Frontinus' arithmetic --
3. Water Pumps --
4. Cranes and Hoists --
5. Catapults --
6. Ships and Sea Transport --
App. Methods of estimating the maximum speeds of oared vessels --
7. Land Transport --
8. The Progress of Theoretical Knowledge --
9. The Principal Greek and Roman Writers on Technological Subjects --
Hero of Alexandria --
Vitruvius --
Frontinus --
Pliny --
App. The Reconstruction of a Trireme.
Counter In his classic book, J.G. Landels describes the technological advances of the Greeks and Romans with erudition and enthusiasm. He provides an important introduction to engineering, writing about power and energy sources, water engineering, cranes, and transportation devises. From aqueducts to catapults, he attempts to envision machines as they may have worked in the ancient world. He then traces the path of knowledge taken by early thinkers--including Plato, Pliny, and Archimedes--in developing early theories of engineering and physics
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