Ancient Engineers& Inventions

• Main Authors: Rossi, Cesare (Author), Russo, Flavio (Author), Russo, Ferruccio (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science, 8
• Subjects: Social sciences.; History.; Engineering design.; Machinery.; Archaeology.; Social Sciences.; Engineering Design.; Machinery and Machine Elements.; 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,...