Engineering in the ancient world

1. Power and Energy Sources

Man-power

Animal power

Water power

Wind power

Steam power

2. Water Supplies and Engineering

App. The sizes of measurement nozzles, and Frontinus' arithmetic

3. Water Pumps

4. Cranes and Hoists

5. Catapults

6. Ships and Sea Transport

App. Methods of estimating the maximum speeds of oared vessels

7. Land Transport

8. The Progress of Theoretical Knowledge

9. The Principal Greek and Roman Writers on Technological Subjects

Hero of Alexandria

Vitruvius

Frontinus

Pliny

App. The Reconstruction of a Trireme.