Clark, Ronald W. (abcd);
Works of Man: From Ancient Times to the Present Day
Century, 1985, 352 pages
ISBN 0712607676, 9780712607674
topics: | technology | history | reference
CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Big buildings of the ancient world 3. Ending by guess and by god 4. The coming of steam 5. Engineering artificial waterways 6. The coming of the iron horse 7. New metals an better bridges 8. Engines on the oceans 9. Man makes materials 10. A new source of power 11. Men with wings 12. Burrowing through and building up 13. The rise of the number-crunchers 14. Towards the ultimate power 15. Into space 16. Futures