Engineering in the Ancient World
By John Gray Landels
Category: Technology
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1978-01-01
ISBN: 9780520034297
Language: EN
Pages: 228
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.