Ancient engineers inventions : precursors of the present /
This book describes inventions and designs of engineers from 300 B.C. to 1600 A.D., with a handful of exceptions from before and after. The inventions are documented by archaeological finds and range from those very well known to some hardly known at all
| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[Cham] :
Springer,
[2017]
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| Edition: | Second edition |
| Series: | History of mechanism and machine science ;
v. 33 |
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| Summary: | This book describes inventions and designs of engineers from 300 B.C. to 1600 A.D., with a handful of exceptions from before and after. The inventions are documented by archaeological finds and range from those very well known to some hardly known at all |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 420 pages : illustrations (some color)) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 331944476X 9783319444765 |
| ISSN: | 1875-3442 ; |