Engineering in History

Broad, nontechnical survey offers fascinating coverage of history's major technological advances: food-producing revolution, appearance of urban society, birth of Greek science, revolution in power, steam and the Industrial Revolution, electricity and the beginnings of applied science, and the age of automatic control. 181 illustrations. "Excellent." Isis.

PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE
  Origins
CHAPTER TWO
  Urban Society
CHAPTER THREE
  Greek Engineering
CHAPTER FOUR
  Imperial Civilization
CHAPTER FIVE
  The Revolution in Power
CHAPTER SIX
  Foundations for Industry
CHAPTER SEVEN
  The Industrial Revolution
CHAPTER EIGHT
  "Roads, Canals, Bridges"
CHAPTER NINE
  Steam Vessels and Locomotives
CHAPTER TEN
  Iron and Steel
CHAPTER ELEVEN
  Electrical Engineering
CHAPTER TWELVE
  Modern Transportation
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  Sanitary and Hydraulic Engineering
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  Construction
CHAPTER FIFTEEEN
  Reflections
INDEX