Isbn: 9780670804832 - the works of man (12 risultati)

Condizione: Good. Good condition ex-library book with usual library markings and stickers.

Condizione: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Works of Man is a chronicle of man's attempts from prehistoric times to the space age to exploit for his own purposes the slowly discerned laws of nature. Exciting, instructive, and eminently readable, this mine of information covers the broad sweep of technological achievements, from the invention of the wheel more than six millennia ago to the miniaturization of the electronic computer.Beginning with a description of the early builders in the days of ancient Babylon, continuing through to the end of the Roman Empire, the author goes on to explain the engineering principles that were gradually developed in the Dark Ages, enabling men to build the medieval cathedrals; to try to drain the Pontine marshes near Rome, the meres of Holland, and the British fenlands; and to raise the new military defenses that transformed warfare. Discussion of the work of Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo leads on to the development of steam as a new source of power, and to the growth of civil engineering that followed in Europe and the rest of the world. Further chapters cover the change from sail to steam; canals; railways; the use of electricity; the growth of manned flight; the rise of the plastics industry; nuclear engineering; and the problems of space exploration.…

Hard cover. Condizione: Fine in fine dust jacket. American ed. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name BB 1.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very good. First edition. Ronald Clarck offers an intelligent, well-written account of the development of engineering and descriptions of its major achievements from the prehistoric taming of fire to Project Apollo. Clark focuses chiefly on the West since the 18th-century development of the steam engine and origin of the industrial revolution in England. In very good condition with only minor rubbing to the edge of the dust jacket. A very clean copy, first American edition. Size: 8 x 10.5" 0.0. book.…

hardcover. B030940; 352 pp hardcover; good contents, covers & dustjacket; illustrated.

Condizione: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 352 pages; Description: 352 p. : ill. (some col. ) ; 26 cm. 2 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 352 pages; Description: 352 p. : ill. (some col. ) ; 26 cm. 2 Kg.

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