A History of Western Technology Friedrich Klemm,
Publisher: The MIT Press
ISBN: 0262610019
DDC: 509
Edition: Paperback; 1964-08-15
Summary:
This history of technology from Graeco-Roman times through the early
twentieth century is told through contemporary writings by
technologists, churchmen, naturalists, poets, economists, and
statesman. These writings reveal how historical circumstance altered
the direction of technical development, and how the intellectual
forces of a period influenced and were in turn modified by technical
progress. Topics covered include the position of technology in
ancient Greece; early Christianity and technology; Islamic
technology; engineering artists in the Renaissance; technical
undertakings in the Baroque period; eighteenth-century England's lead
in technology; the factory system of the industrial age; and
automation in the twentieth century. Each section of the book
contains numerous illustrations.
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