Greek and Roman Mechanical Water-Lifting Devices: The History of a Technology
ISBN: 9781487577926
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Toronto Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Hydraulic machinery -- History;

Professor Oleson has prepared a definitive study of mechanical water-lifting devices in the Greek and Roman world. He systematically and thoroughly examines the literary, papyrological, and archaeological evidence for the devices and considers the many adaptations of the small basic repertoire of models.

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JOHN PETER OLESON is a member of the Department of Classics at the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia.


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