Book of Donmon Teith

This is the second volume of the first fully-fledged English translation of the works of Archimedes - antiquity's greatest scientist and one of the most importa

Volume 1 of the first authoritative translation of Archimedes' works into English.

Introduction: I. Archimedes. II. Manuscripts and principal editions, order of composition, dialect, lost works. III. Relation of Archimedes to his predecessors.

Introduction: I. Archimedes. II. Manuscripts and principal editions, order of composition, dialect, lost works. III. Relation of Archimedes to his predecessors.

This book provides a compact history of gears, by summarizing the main stages of their development and the corresponding gradual acquisition of engineering expe