Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
Antiquity, Volume XXXV 1961
Author: History of Technology Volume 1
Author: A. Rupert HallPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350017353
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
The annual collections in the History of Technology series look at the history of technological discovery and change, exploring the relationship of technology to other aspects of life and showing how technological development is affected by the society in which it occurred.
Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
Author: Carl C. GaitherPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461411130
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 2800
Book Description
This unprecedented collection of 27,000 quotations is the most comprehensive and carefully researched of its kind, covering all fields of science and mathematics. With this vast compendium you can readily conceptualize and embrace the written images of scientists, laymen, politicians, novelists, playwrights, and poets about humankind's scientific achievements. Approximately 9000 high-quality entries have been added to this new edition to provide a rich selection of quotations for the student, the educator, and the scientist who would like to introduce a presentation with a relevant quotation that provides perspective and historical background on his subject. Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations, Second Edition, provides the finest reference source of science quotations for all audiences. The new edition adds greater depth to the number of quotations in the various thematic arrangements and also provides new thematic categories.
The Geography Behind History
Author: William Gordon EastPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393004199
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
In this book, Professor East discusses the vital relationship between history and geographical conditions. Drawing examples from ancient times up to the present, he demonstrates that a study of history must include consideration of the physical conditions under which an event occurs, and that "the particular characteristics of this setting serve not only to localise but also to influence part at least of the action." Topographical position, climate, distribution of water and minerals, the placement of routes and towns, and ease or difficulty of movement between districts and countries are among the factors which the historian must take into account. Book jacket.
Studies in Ancient Technology, Volume 9 Metallurgy in Antiquity, Part 2. Copper and Bronze, Tin, Arsenic, Antimony and Iron
Author: R. J. ForbesPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004451013
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The Sea-Craft of Prehistory
Author: Paul JohnstonePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317762223
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The nautical dimension of prehistory has not so far received the attention it deserves. It is also too often assumed that early man was land bound, yet this is demonstrably not the case. Recent research has shown that man travelled and tracked over greater distances and at a much earlier date than has previously been thought possible. Some of these facts can be explained only by man's mastery of water transport from earliest times. This book, by an acknowledged expert on prehistoric sea-craft, examines these problems looking at the new archaeological information in the light of the author's nautical knowledge. The result is a detailed account of man's use of inland and ocean-going craft from earliest times until the dawn of recorded history. All forms of evidence are critically assessed, from the vessels of Ancient Egypt to the Chinese junk, to present of comprehensive picture of the vessels men have built through the ages, and of the variety of ways in which they have been used.
studies in ancient technology volume iii
Author: R. J. FORBESPublisher: Brill Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Studies in Ancient Technology
Author: Robert J. ForbesPublisher: Brill Archive
ISBN:
Category : Technology
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Studies in Ancient Technology
Author: ForbesPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004006270
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Water-Supply and Public Health Engineering
Author: Denis SmithPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351873555
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 835
Book Description
This volume traces the evolution of the concept of Public Health and reveals the importance of political will and public spending in this field of civil engineering. Design, construction, operation and maintenance of water-supply and main drainage works are discussed. The period covered extends from Roman engineering through to the early 20th century, with examples from Europe, America and Japan.