The science of mechanics; a critical and historical account of its development (1902)
Mach, Ernst, 1838-1916, McCormick, Thomas Joseph, 1865- tr · Chicago, The Open court publishing company; · leaf 29
dients em-ployed—as the use ofsleds, for instance, forthe transportation ofenormous blocks ofstone. All bears aninstinctive, unperfec-ted, accidental char-acter. So, too, prehistoricgraves contain imple-ments whose construc-tion and employmentimply no little skilland much mechanicalexperience.… … INTRODUCTION. 3 sess have led us to underrate the science of the ancientworld. Passages occur in ancient authors which seemto indicate a profounder knowledge than we are wontto ascribe to those nations. Take, for instance, thefollowing passage from Vitruvius, De Architectura,Lib. V, Cap. Ill, 6 :…
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