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Works of Man: From Ancient Times to the Present Day

Ronald W. Clark

Clark, Ronald W. (abcd);

Works of Man: From Ancient Times to the Present Day

Century, 1985, 352 pages

ISBN 0712607676, 9780712607674

topics: |  technology | history | reference


CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Big buildings of the ancient world
3. Ending by guess and by god
4. The coming of steam
5. Engineering artificial waterways
6. The coming of the iron horse
7. New metals an better bridges
8. Engines on the oceans
9. Man makes materials
10. A new source of power
11. Men with wings
12. Burrowing through and building up
13. The rise of the number-crunchers
14. Towards the ultimate power
15. Into space
16. Futures


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