ENGLISH

Greek and Roman technology : a sourcebook : annotated translations of Greek and Latin texts and documents

By John William Humphrey; John Peter Oleson; Andrew N Sherwood

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2003
ISBN
0585476322, 9780585476322
Language
english
Format
RAR
Filesize
2 MB (2046448 bytes)
Pages
xxiv, 623 p.)\0
Topic
History
Time added
2013-01-24 20:00:00
Исторические дисциплины;История науки и техники

Description

The rise of humans and human technology -- Sources of energy and basic mechanical devices -- Agriculture -- Food processing -- Mining and quarrying -- Metallurgy -- Construction engineering -- Hydraulic engineering -- Household crafts and workshop production -- Transport and trade -- Record-keeping -- Military technology -- Attitudes towards labour, innovation and technology

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