Author : P. Hill
Release : 1975-01-14
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 751/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by : P. Hill
Download or read book The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices written by P. Hill. This book was released on 1975-01-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To judge by the dictum of al-Ja~i?: (d. A.D. 869), 'Wisdom has descended upon these three: the brain of the Byzantine, the hands of the Chinese, and the tongue of the Arab', in the great age of the