Titre et auteur:

Engineering in history / by Richard Shelton Kirby [and others].

Édition:

Dover ed.

Publication:

New York : Dover Publications, 1990.

Description:

vii, 530 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Série(s):

Dover books on engineering

Notes:
Reprint. Originally published: New York : McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1956.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Origins -- Urban society -- Greek engineering -- Imperial civilization -- The revolution in power -- Foundations for industry -- The industrial revolution -- Roads, canals, bridges -- Steam vessels and locomotives -- Iron and steel -- Electrical engineering -- Modern transportation -- Sanitary and hydraulic engineering -- Construction -- Reflections.
Also issued online.

Résumé:

Broad, nontechnical survey of history's major technological advances: birth of Greek science, industrial revolution, electricity and applied science, 20th-century automation, much more. 181 illus.

Ressources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0486264122 (pbk.)
9780486264127 (pbk.)

Sujet:

Engineering History.
Ingénierie Histoire.
Engineering.

Classification/genre:

History.

Vedettes secondaires:

Kirby, Richard Shelton, 1874-1964.
Dover books on engineering.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 58414
Cote: ID:90-B6776
Statut: Disponible