Engineering of antiquity and technical progress in arts and crafts / by George Frederick Zimmer.

  • Zimmer, George Frederick, 1854-
Date:
[1913]
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Credit: Engineering of antiquity and technical progress in arts and crafts / by George Frederick Zimmer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS Introduction - _ _ PAGE 1 The Antiquity of iron - - - - 3 Tools and Implements - - - - 7 The Homesteads - - - - 9 Conveying Loads - - - - 10 Lifting Loads - - - - 31 The Origin of Machinery _ - - - 38 The Eope - - - 40 The Industries of Antiquity, with Special Reference TO Technical Progress - - - - - 42 AGRICULTURE - - - 42 milling - - - - - - - 50 shipbuilding - - - - 53 pottery - - - - 60 masonry and sculpture - - - - - 65 brickmaking - - - - 67 the metal industry - - - - 68 THE blowers used FOR SMELTING, ETC. - - - - 71 THE TANNING INDUSTRY - - - 75 THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY - - - - 76 Skilled Artisans and Craftsmen - - - - 78 Civil Engineering - - - - 79 Science and Mathematics _ - - - 81 Conclusion _ 83
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