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Ancient Machines by Mary B. Woods, Michael Woods (1999, Reinforced Hardcover) 
Ancient Machines by Mary B. Woods, Michael Woods (1999, Reinforced Hardcover)

 
Ancient Machines by Mary B. Woods, Michael Woods (1999, Reinforced Hardcover)

Publisher: Runestone Pr
Publication Date: 1999-12-01
Series: Ancient Technology
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0822529947
ISBN-13: 9780822529941
Product ID: EPID265894
Description: Discusses the invention of six simple machines in various ancient civilizations from the Stone Age to the fall of the Roman Empire.
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Synopsis
Discusses the invention of six simple machines in various ancient civilizations from the Stone Age to the fall of the Roman Empire.

Details
Publication Date:1999-12-01
Series:Ancient Technology

Size
Length:88 pages
Height:9.8 in
Width:8.0 in
Thickness:0.8 in
Weight:14.4 oz

Publisher's Note
What do you think of when you hear the word technology? You probably think of something totally new. But technology doesn't refer only to brand-new machines and discoveries. Each book in the Ancient Technology series provides a fascinating look at a particular area of technology as it developed in ancient times, from the first humans to the fall of the Western Roman Empire in A.D. 476. Each chapter covers a different ancient civilization, beginning with Stone Age cultures and progressing chronologically through others, such as the ancient Middle East, Egypt, China, Mesoamerica, Greece, Rome, and India; and each book includes a world map and timeline to show the location and time span of each culture. All machines, no matter how complicated they are, are based on some combination of only six simple machines -- the lever, the wheel and axle, the inclined plane, the pulley, the wedge, and the screw -- and all six were developed in ancient times. This books tells the amazing story of how ancient people developed machines to make their work easier and how they continually found ways to improve them.

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