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Author : Michael Woods,Mary B. Woods
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761365235
Examines the machines created by ancient cultures.
Author : Michael Woods,Mary B. Woods
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0822529947
Discusses the invention of six simple machines in various ancient civilizations from the Stone Age to the fall of the Roman Empire.
Author : Adrienne Mayor
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691202266
Traces the story of how ancient cultures envisioned artificial life, automata, self-moving devices and human enhancements, sharing insights into how the mythologies of the past related to and shaped ancient machine innovations.
Author : Mary B. Woods,Michael Woods
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761372660
Machine technology is as old as human society itself. The first humans on Earth used basic machines. They used stone axes to butcher meat. They use levers to pry roots and rocks from the ground. Over the centuries, ancient peoples learned to make more complicated machines. People in the ancient Middle East devised wheels and pulleys. The ancient Chinese created wheelbarrows and bellows. The ancient Greeks built big war machines. What kinds of tools and techniques did ancient craftspeople use? Which methods worked and which didn t? And how did ancient machines set the stage for our own modern machines? Learn more in Ancient Machine Technology.
Author : Michael Woods,Mary B. Woods
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761365266
Describes the technology used by ancient farmers, covering the evolution of farming tools, irrigation methods, animal breeding, and the processing of crops, including the ancient civilizations of China, Greece, Rome, India, and the Middle East.
Author : Christopher Dunn
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-24
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781591439684
A unique study of the engineering and tools used to create Egyptian monuments • Presents a stone-by-stone analysis of key Egyptian monuments, including the statues of Ramses II and the tunnels of the Serapeum • Reveals that highly refined tools and mega-machines were used in ancient Egypt From the pyramids in the north to the temples in the south, ancient artisans left their marks all over Egypt, unique marks that reveal craftsmanship we would be hard pressed to duplicate today. Drawing together the results of more than 30 years of research and nine field study journeys to Egypt, Christopher Dunn presents a stunning stone-by-stone analysis of key Egyptian monuments, including the statue of Ramses II at Luxor and the fallen crowns that lay at its feet. His modern-day engineering expertise provides a unique view into the sophisticated technology used to create these famous monuments in prehistoric times. Using modern digital photography, computer-aided design software, and metrology instruments, Dunn exposes the extreme precision of these monuments and the type of advanced manufacturing expertise necessary to produce them. His computer analysis of the statues of Ramses II reveals that the left and right sides of the faces are precise mirror images of each other, and his examination of the mysterious underground tunnels of the Serapeum illuminates the finest examples of precision engineering on the planet. Providing never-before-seen evidence in the form of more than 280 photographs, Dunn’s research shows that while absent from the archaeological record, highly refined tools, techniques, and even mega-machines must have been used in ancient Egypt.
Author : Jo Marchant
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-19
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781459600096
In Decoding the Heavens, Jo Marchant tells for the first time the full story of the hundred-year quest to decipher the ancient Greek computer known as the Antikythera Mechanism. Along the way she unearths a diverse cast of remarkable characters and explores the deep roots of modern technology in ancient Greece and the medieval European and Islamic worlds. At its heart, this is an epic adventure and mystery, a book that challenges our assumptions about technology through the ages.
Author : Mary B. Woods,Michael Woods
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761372691
People learned to farm more than twelve thousand years ago. The first farmers used simple technology. They carried water to their crops by hand. They made farm tools from wood and animal bones. Over the centuries, ancient farmers devised better technology. Ancient Middle Easterners learned to breed sheep to produce different colors of wool. The ancient Chinese learned how to grow more rice using irrigation techniques. The ancient Greeks built machines for pumping water, grinding grain, and crushing grapes and olives. What kinds of crops did ancient farmers grow? What kind of animals did they raise? And how did people get their food before agriculture? Learn more in Ancient Agricultural Technology.
Author : Michael Woods,Mary B. Woods
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761365273
Describes the technology used by ancient societies to create such monumental structures as temples, pyramids, walls, arches, and bridges, including the ancient civilizations of China, Greece, Rome, India, and the Middle East.
Author : Michael Woods,Mary B. Woods
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761365297
Introduces the evolution of communication from ancient times, describing the development of writing, the alphabet, paper, writing instruments, and scrolls in the ancient civilizations of Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, India, and the Middle East.
Author : Cesare Rossi,Flavio Russo,Ferruccio Russo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789048122530
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 : Michael Woods,Mary B. Woods
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761365228
Examines the medical advancements created by ancient cultures.
Author : Hong-Sen Yan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781402064609
South pointing chariots, walking machines and the astronomical mechanical clock are all used as illustrated examples in this fascinating and unique study of lost machinery in ancient China. This is the first book of its kind, combining creative mechanism design methodology with mechanical evolution and variation theory to set out how some ancient designs can be recreated. Furthermore the book reflects on how age-old wisdoms could stimulate stunning new machinery in the future.
Author : Michael Woods,Mary B. Woods
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761365259
Introduces the military tactics of ancient societies, describing the development of weapons, military strategy, defensive walls, seige warfare, guerillas, and warships in the ancient civilizations of Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, India, and the Middle East.
Author : Mary B. Woods,Michael Woods
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761372677
Transportation technology is as old as human society itself. The first humans on Earth used simple transportation tools. They bundled logs together to make rafts. They used long poles and flat boards to carry heavy loads. Over the centuries, ancient peoples learned more about transportation. The ancient Indians trained elephants and horses for travel. The ancient Chinese developed the first compasses. The ancient Greeks built massive battleships. So what kinds of tools and techniques did ancient people use? How did maps of the world improve over time? And how did ancient transportation set the stage for our own modern transportation technology? Learn more in Ancient Transportation Technology.