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Language: English
Published by University of California Press, 1981
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- Title
- Engineering in the Ancient World
- Author
- Landels, J. G.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Publication year
- 1981
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0520041275
- ISBN 13
- 9780520041271
- Item weight
- 0.902 pounds
- Dimensions
- N/A
Studies the engineering accomplishments of the Greeks and Romans, surveying pumps, cranes, engines, ships, and transport systems employed for purposes of both peace and war.
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"[Landels] has given a new dimension to our appreciation of Greek and Roman civilization. We are accustomed to appreciate what Greek and Roman artists, writers, and philosophers accomplished. We have not really understood what they achieved as engineers."--"Classical Outlook"
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