Ancient Engineers' Inventions: Precursors of the PresentWe 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. |
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3 Measuring Distance and Slope | 25 |
4 Measuring Time | 38 |
5 Orientation | 51 |
6 Ancient Computation Devices | 61 |
7 The Natural Energy Used in Antiquity | 79 |
8 Wind Motors | 88 |
14 Underwater Activities | 192 |
15 Transports | 199 |
16 Telecommunications | 237 |
17 Medicine and Health | 253 |
18 Secondary Motors | 257 |
19 Spinning and Weaving | 318 |
20 Some Applications of the Fire | 333 |
21 Automata Towards Automation and Robots | 353 |
9 Hydraulic Motors | 105 |
10 Refrigeration and Heating | 121 |
11 The Production of Water | 141 |
12 Lifting Water | 150 |
13 Adduction and Distribution of Water | 171 |
22 Some Ancient Building Techniques | 381 |
Bibliography | 409 |
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| Название | Ancient Engineers' Inventions: Precursors of the Present History of Mechanism and Machine Science (Том 33) |
| Авторы | Cesare Rossi, Flavio Russo |
| Издание: | 2, иллюстрированное |
| Издатель | Springer, 2016 |
| ISBN | 331944476X, 9783319444765 |
| Количество страниц | Всего страниц: 420 |
| Экспорт цитаты | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |