Ancient Engineers' Inventions: Precursors of the Present (History of Mechanism and Machine Science)

by Cesare Rossi (Author), Flavio Russo (Author), Ferruccio Russo (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2009

  $116.64

  This book describes inventions and designs of engineers from 300 B.C. to 1600 A.D., with a handful of exceptions from before and after. The inventions are documented by archaeological finds and range from those very well known to some hardly known at all.