Ancient Engineers Inventions

Author : Cesare Rossi,Flavio Russo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319444765

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Ancient Engineers' Inventions by Cesare Rossi,Flavio Russo Pdf

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, Herculaneum and Stabiae and reveal a surprising modernity in their conception. Most of the inventions presented in the first four parts of this book were conceived up to the late Roman Empire and may be considered as milestones, each in their respective field. The fifth part concentrates on more recent centuries. The sixth part deals with some building construction techniques. Generally, for each of the presented inventions, three elements of research and reference are provided: written documents (the classics), iconic references (coins, bas-reliefs, etc.) and archaeological findings. The authors did not write this book for engineers only; hence they describe all the devices without assuming wide technical knowledge. The authors’ main aim is to try to communicate their enthusiasm for the inventions and the inventors of the past and to contribute to the fascinating study of the History of Engineering. This second edition includes new topics and chapters that are of special interest to engineers.

Author : Cesare Rossi,Flavio Russo,Ferruccio Russo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789048122530

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Ancient Engineers' Inventions by Cesare Rossi,Flavio Russo,Ferruccio Russo Pdf

We live in an age in which one can easily think that our generation has invented and discovered almost everything; but the truth is quite the opposite. Progress cannot be considered as sudden unexpected spurts of individual brains: such a genius, the inventor of everything, has never existed in the history of humanity. What did exist was a limitless procession of experiments made by men who did not waver when faced with defeat, but were inspired by the rare successes that have led to our modern comfortable reality. And that continue to do so with the same enthusiasm. The study of the History of Engineering is valuable for many reasons, not the least of which is the fact that it can help us to understand the genius of the scientists, engineers and craftsmen who existed centuries and millenniums before us; who solved problems using the devices of their era, making machinery and equipment whose concept is of such a surprising modernity that we must rethink our image of the past.

Author : Peter J. James,Nick Thorpe,I. J. Thorpe
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780345401021

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Ancient Inventions by Peter J. James,Nick Thorpe,I. J. Thorpe Pdf

A guide to ancient accomplishments and inventions unearths the origins of modern creations, including computers in ancient Greece, plastic surgery in India in the first century B.C., and a postal service in medieval Baghdad

Author : Lyon Sprague De Camp
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39076006493881

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The Ancient Engineers by Lyon Sprague De Camp Pdf

From the dawn of history to the rise of the scientific method in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, invention and technology advanced with painful slowness. The reason was not that men were stupid during those thousands of years—it was the fact that most people were simply too busy trying to keep alive. The imagination and daring that leisure and security could divert to other ends were limited to a tiny group. It is about these brave men—whose genius enabled the Egyptians to build their pyramids, the Phoenicians to cross stormy seas, the Romans to erect magnificent public buildings—that this carefully researched and fascinatingly written account of the advance of early technology has been written. Mr. de Camp describes the methods used by early irrigators, architects, and military engineers to build and maintain structures to serve their rulers' wants. He tells, for example, how the Pharaohs erected obelisks and pyramids, how Nebuchadnezzar fortified Babylon, how Dionysios' ordnance department invented the catapult, how the Chinese built the Great Wall, and how the Romans fashioned their roads, baths, sewers, and aqueducts. He recounts many intriguing anecdotes: an Assyrian king putting up no-parking signs in Nineveh; Plato inventing a water clock with an alarm to signal the start of his classes; Heron of Alexandria designing a coin-operated holy-water fountain; a Chinese emperor composing a poem to be inscribed on a clock invented by one of his civil servants. The Ancient Engineerswill delight students of technology and invention for its accurate portrayal of the foundations of modern engineering as well as lovers of history for its penetrating look at the material background of civilization and its unusual explanations of the world's social evolution.

Author : Professor Beaver
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-20
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0228228654

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Ancient China's Inventions, Technology and Engineering - Ancient History Book for Kids | Characteristics of Early Societies by Professor Beaver Pdf

Despite being in an era that's distant, ancient China set into motion several societal practices and values. Other than that, it also gave birth to inventions and pushed forward a lot of new technology and engineering practices that continue to be useful today. This book will focus only on the science and technology in ancient China. Grab a copy of this book today!

Author : L. Sprague de Camp
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0345293479

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The Ancient Engineers by L. Sprague de Camp Pdf

The Pyramids of Giza, the Parthenon of Greece, the Great Wall of China, the Colosseum of Rome . . . Today, we stand in awe before these wonders of the ancient world. They hold our history and the deepest secrets of our past in their hidden recesses. In THE ANCIENT ENGINEERS, L. Sprague de Camp delves into the heart of the mystery. He introduces us to the master builders who had the vision, the power, and the passion to reach for the clouds and touch the heavens. We share in some of the greatest technological triumphs of all time -- triumphs of the human mind, imagination, and spirit.

Author : Abbott Payson Usher
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780486143590

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A History of Mechanical Inventions by Abbott Payson Usher Pdf

Updated classic explores importance of technological innovation in cultural and economic history of the West. Water wheels, clocks, printing, machine tools, more. "Without peer." — American Scientist.

Author : L. Sprague De Camp
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1995-01-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780345482877

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The Ancient Engineers by L. Sprague De Camp Pdf

“Mr. de Camp has the trick of being able to show technology engaging in feats as full of derring-do as those of Hannibal’s army. History as it should be told.”—Isaac Asimov, The New York Times Book Review The Pyramids of Giza, the Parthenon of Greece, the Great Wall of China, the Colosseum of Rome. Today, we stand in awe before these wonders of the ancient world. They hold our history and the deepest secrets of our past in their hidden recesses. In The Ancient Engineers, L. Sprague de Camp delves into the heart of the mystery. He introduces us to the master builders who had the vision, the power, and the passion to reach for the clouds and touch the heavens. We share in some of the greatest technological triumphs of all time—triumphs of the human mind, imagination, and spirit.

Author : Lyon Sprague De Camp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Engineering
ISBN : OCLC:1152741564

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Ancient Engineers by Lyon Sprague De Camp Pdf

Author : John Gray Landels
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1978-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0520034295

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Engineering in the Ancient World by John Gray Landels Pdf

The Greeks and Romans were considerable engineers. They made many remarkable machines, which where not betttered until the Industrial Revolution. Landels shows how these machines were developed and made. He draws together evidence from archaeological discoveries and from literary sources.

Author : L. Sprague de Camp
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1975-08-12
Category : Engineering
ISBN : 034524933X

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Ancient Engineers by L. Sprague de Camp Pdf

Author : Brian M. Fagan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Civilization, Ancient
ISBN : 0500510504

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The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Ancient World by Brian M. Fagan Pdf

Describes various issues in mythology and prehistoric and ancient history, from the Garden of Eden to the effects of meteor impacts, including tombs, writing systems, and the fall of civilizations, and suggests explanations.

Author : Yinke Deng
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521186926

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Ancient Chinese Inventions by Yinke Deng Pdf

Ancient Chinese Inventions provides an illustrated introduction to the numerous scientific and technological inventions to which China can lay claim.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1978-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9027708339

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The Book of Ingenious Devices / Kitáb al-Ḥiyal by Anonim Pdf

skilled in geometry, ingenious devices (!lival), music and astronomy. According to Ibn al-Nad!m and Ibn Khallikän their weakest subject was astronamy, but this seems to conflict with the opinions of Ibn Yunus and al-BIrun!, hoth good judges, who spoke highly of the accuracy of the Banu Musa's astronomical observations. Mul)ammad, who was the most influential of the brothers, specialised in gcomctry and astronomy, and excellcd Al)mad in all the sciences except in the construction of ingenious devices. AI-l: Iasan was a brilliant geometrician with aretenlive memoryand great powers of deduction. A rival onee tried to discredit him in front of al-Ma'mun hy saying that al- l: Iasan had read only six of the thirteen books of Euclid's Elements. AI-l: Iasan replied by saying that it was unnecessary for him to read the remainder because he could arrive at the answers to any of Euclid's problem s by deduction. AI-Ma'mun acknowledged al-l: Iasan 's skill, but did not excuse him, saying: "laziness has prevented you from 2 reading the whole ofit-it is to geometry as the Ictters a, b, t, 111 are to speech and writing. " (H. 264). AI-l: Iasan is rarely mentioned by name elsewhere in the sources and may have preferred to devote his time to scholarship, whereas his brothers were involved in a variety of undertakings. At the time of their entry into the House of Wisdom the Banu Musil were paar and needy (H.

Author : Professor Beaver
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 0228228751

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Ancient China's Inventions, Technology and Engineering - Ancient History Books for Kids | Children's Ancient History by Professor Beaver Pdf

Despite being in an era that's distant, ancient China set into motion several societal practices and values. Other than that, it also gave birth to inventions and pushed forward a lot of new technology and engineering practices that continue to be useful today. This book will focus only on the science and technology in ancient China. Grab a copy of this book today!