Ancient Engineers' Inventions Precursors of the Present /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Rossi, Cesare (Συγγραφέας), Russo, Flavio (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Έκδοση: 2nd ed. 2017.
• Σειρά: History of Mechanism and Machine Science, 33
• Θέματα: Engineering.; History.; Engineering design.; Machinery.; Technology > History.; Archaeology.; Engineering Design.; Machinery and Machine Elements.; History of Technology.; History of Science.

This book describes the inventions and designs of ancient engineers who are the precursors of the present. The period ranges mainly from 300 B.C. to 1600 A.D. with several exceptions. Many of the oldest inventions are documented by archaeological finds, often very little known, mainly from Pompeii,...