Engineering in the Ancient World
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: February 5, 1981
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780520041271
Subjects: Mechanical engineering; History; History - General History; Technology; Ancient - General; Engineering - General; Science / General; Engineering
First sentence: THE sources of power available in classical antiquity were severely limited by comparison with those of the present day.