A History of Engineering in Classical and Medieval Times
Title | A History of Engineering in Classical and Medieval Times PDF eBook |
Author | Donald Hill |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 2013-11-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 131776157X |
It is impossible to understand the cultures and achievements of the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, and Arabs, without knowing something of their technology. Rome, for example, made advances in many areas which were subsequently lost and not regained for more than a millenium. This is a knowledgeable yet lucid account of the wonderful triumphs and the limitations of ancient and medieval engineering. This book systematically describes what is known about the evolution of irrigation works, dams, bridges, roads, building construction, water and wind power, automata, and clocks, with references to the social, geographical, and intellectual context.
A History of Engineering in Classical and Medieval Times
Title | A History of Engineering in Classical and Medieval Times PDF eBook |
Author | Donald Hill |
Publisher | |
Pages | 263 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Civilization, Classical |
ISBN | 9780760704684 |
A History of Engineering in Classical and Medieval Times
Title | A History of Engineering in Classical and Medieval Times PDF eBook |
Author | Donald Hill |
Publisher | |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780812691436 |
A History of Engineering in Classical and Medieval Times
Title | A History of Engineering in Classical and Medieval Times PDF eBook |
Author | Donald Routledge Hill (Historiker.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 263 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
A History of Engineering in Classical and Medieval Times
Title | A History of Engineering in Classical and Medieval Times PDF eBook |
Author | Donald Hill |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2013-11-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317761561 |
It is impossible to understand the cultures and achievements of the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, and Arabs, without knowing something of their technology. Rome, for example, made advances in many areas which were subsequently lost and not regained for more than a millenium. This is a knowledgeable yet lucid account of the wonderful triumphs and the limitations of ancient and medieval engineering. This book systematically describes what is known about the evolution of irrigation works, dams, bridges, roads, building construction, water and wind power, automata, and clocks, with references to the social, geographical, and intellectual context.
The Ancient Engineers
Title | The Ancient Engineers PDF eBook |
Author | L. Sprague De Camp |
Publisher | Barnes & Noble Publishing |
Pages | 436 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Engineering |
ISBN | 9780880294560 |
Describes methods used by early irrigators, architects, and military engineers to build and maintain structures to serve their ruler's wants.
Science and Technology in World History, Volume 2
Title | Science and Technology in World History, Volume 2 PDF eBook |
Author | David Deming |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 2014-01-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0786456426 |
Science is a living, organic activity, the meaning and understanding of which have evolved incrementally over human history. This book, the second in a roughly chronological series, explores the evolution of science from the advents of Christianity and Islam through the Middle Ages, focusing especially on the historical relationship between science and religion. Specific topics include technological innovations during the Middle Ages; Islamic science; the Crusades; Gothic cathedrals; and the founding of Western universities. Close attention is given to such figures as Paul the Apostle, Hippolytus, Lactantius, Cyril of Alexandria, Hypatia, Cosmas Indicopleustes, and the Prophet Mohammed.