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Greek and Roman technology : a sourcebook of translated Greek and Latin texts and documents
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Veröffentlicht: | Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge,, 2019 |
| Ausgabe: | Second edition |
| Schriftenreihe: | Routledge sourcebooks for the ancient world
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| Umfang: | 1 online resource |
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| ISBN: | 9781315682181 1315682184 9781317402411 1317402413 9781317402398 1317402391 9781317402404 1317402405 9781138927902 1138927902 9781138927896 1138927899 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Society and technology in antiquity -- Literary sources for ancient technology -- Archaeology as a source for the history of technology -- Ancient weights, measures, and coinage -- The rise of humans and human technology -- Sources of energy and basic mechanical devices -- Sources of energy and prime movers -- Basic machines -- Mechanical gadgets -- Agriculture -- Food processing -- Mining and quarrying -- Mining -- Quarrying -- Metallurgy -- Sculpture -- Construction engineering -- Hydraulic engineering -- Household crafts, health and well-being, and workshop production -- Metal-working -- Wood-working -- Textiles and leather -- Ceramics and glass -- Applied chemistry -- Health and well-being -- Large-scale, organized production -- Transport and trade -- Land transport -- Navigation -- Standards of trade -- Record-keeping -- Time-keeping -- Writing and literacy -- Military technology -- Attitudes towards labour, innovation, and technology. |