000 01061 a2200157 4500
020 _a9780486264127
082 _a620.009
_bKIR
100 _aKirby, Richard Shelton & Others
245 _aEngineering in history
260 _aNew York
_bDover Pub., Inc.
_c1956
300 _avii,530,vp.
500 _aCONTENTS PREFACE V CHAPTER ONE Origins I CHAPTER TWO Urban Society 6 CHAPTER THREE Greek Engineering 36 CHAPTER FOUR Imperial Civilization 56 CHAPTER FIVE The Revolution in Power 95 CHAPTER six Foundations for Industry 124 CHAPTER SEVEN The Industrial Revolution 159 CHAPTER EIGHT Roads, Canals, Bridges 199 CHAPTER NINE Steam Vessels and Locomotives 246 CHAPTER TEN Iron and Steel 291 CHAPTER ELEVEN Electrical Engineering 327 CHAPTER TWELVE Modern Transportation 374 CHAPTER THIRTEEN Sanitary and Hydraulic Engineering 426 CHAPTER FOURTEEN Construction 464 CHAPTER FIFTEEN Reflections 495 INDEX 517
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