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Author : L. Sprague De Camp
Publisher : Barnes & Noble Publishing
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 12,45 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Engineering
ISBN : 9780880294560
Describes methods used by early irrigators, architects, and military engineers to build and maintain structures to serve their ruler's wants.
Author : John Gray Landels
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 32,48 MB
Release : 1978-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780520034297
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 : Cesare Rossi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,66 MB
Release : 2009-03-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9048122538
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 : L. Sprague De Camp
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 42,35 MB
Release : 1995-01-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0345482875
“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 : Pierre-Louis Viollet
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 34,15 MB
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0203375319
This new book offers an engineer's perspective on the history of water technology and its impact on the development of civilisation. A Second Edition and translation into English of the French book "L'Hydraulique dans les Civilisations Anciennes".Water professionals, engineers, scientists, and students will find this book fascinating and invaluable
Author : Donald Hill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 12,85 MB
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : 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.
Author : Lyon Sprague De Camp
Publisher :
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 15,2 MB
Release : 1960
Category :
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Author : Charles R. Ortloff
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 42,73 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 0199239096
Charles Ortloff provides a new perspective on archaeological studies of the urban and agricultural water supply and distribution systems of the major ancient civilizations of South America, the Middle East, and South-East Asia, by using modern computer analysis methods to extract the true hydraulic/hydrological knowledge base available to these peoples. His many new revelations about the capabilities and innovations of ancient water engineers force us to re-evaluate what was knownand practised in the hydraulic sciences in ancient times. Given our current concerns about global warming and its effect on economic stability, it is fascinating to observe how some ancient civilizations successfully coped with major climate change events by devising defensive agricultural survivalstrategies, while others, which did not innovate, failed to survive.
Author : Lyon Sprague De Camp
Publisher :
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 13,60 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Engineering
ISBN :
Author : Christopher Dunn
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 13,91 MB
Release : 2010-06-24
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 159143968X
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.