by Celina Fox (Author), Celina Fox (Author)
The arts of industry encompassed both liberal and mechanical realms. This title argues that mechanics and artisans used four principal means to describe and rationalize their work: drawing, model-making, societies and publications. It also examines the status of the mechanical arts from the medieval period to the seventeenth century.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 576
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 18 Feb 2010
ISBN 10: 0300160429
ISBN 13: 9780300160420