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Engineering in the Ancient World (1978)

Engineering in the Ancient World (1978)

John Gray Landels

Published: 1978, January 1
Authors: John Gray Landels
Publishers: Univ of California Press
Pages: 228
Print type: BOOK

Description:

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.