A History of Engineering in Classical and Medieval Times

Donald Hill (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

280 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-17851-9 (ISBN)

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It is impossible to understand the cultures and achievements of the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, and Arabs, without knowing something of their technology. Rome, for example, made advances in many areas which were subsequently lost and not regained for more than a millenium. This is a knowledgeable yet lucid account of the wonderful triumphs and the limitations of ancient and medieval engineering. This book systematically describes what is known about the evolution of irrigation works, dams, bridges, roads, building construction, water and wind power, automata, and clocks, with references to the social, geographical, and intellectual context.

Authored by Hill, Donald

Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 Civil Engineering; Chapter 2 Irrigation and Water Supply; Chapter 3 Dams; Chapter 4 Bridges; Chapter 5 Roads; Chapter 6 Building Construction; Chapter 7 Surveying; Part 2 Mechanical Engineering; Chapter 8 Water-raising Machines; Chapter 9 Power from Water and Wind; Part 3 Fine Technology; Chapter 10 Instruments; Chapter 11 Automata; Chapter 12 Clocks;

Erscheinungsdatum	14.05.2017
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Naturwissenschaften
	Technik
ISBN-10	1-138-17851-9 / 1138178519
ISBN-13	978-1-138-17851-9 / 9781138178519
Zustand	Neuware