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Pages: 96
Authors: Michael Woods
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-01-01 - Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books

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Discusses the invention of six simple machines in various ancient civilizations from the Stone Age to the fall of the Roman Empire.
Ancient Machine Technology
Language: en
Pages: 100
Authors: Michael Woods
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-01-01 - Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books

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Examines the machines created by ancient cultures.
Gods and Robots
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Authors: Adrienne Mayor
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-04-21 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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Traces the story of how ancient cultures envisioned artificial life, automata, self-moving devices and human enhancements, sharing insights into how the mytholo
Ancient Inventions
Language: en
Pages: 702
Authors: Peter J. James
Categories: Reference
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.

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A guide to ancient accomplishments and inventions unearths the origins of modern creations, including computers in ancient Greece, plastic surgery in India in t
Mechanisms in Ancient Chinese Books with Illustrations
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Authors: Kuo-Hung Hsiao
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-12-12 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

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This book presents a unique approach for studying mechanisms and machines with drawings that were depicted unclearly in ancient Chinese books. The historical, c