Studies in Ancient Technology, Volume 2Brill Archive, 1964 - 263 pages |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The changing face of the earth | 10 |
Sea water and rivers as geological agents | 12 |
Sedimentation erosion denudation | 19 |
Earthquakes and seismic phenomena | 37 |
Volcanoes | 48 |
Fossils and evolution | 61 |
The origin of metals and ores | 67 |
Roman mining | 153 |
Ancient quarrying | 167 |
183 | |
ANCIENT MINING TECHNIQUES | 197 |
Pitting and driving | 199 |
Extraction and transportation | 206 |
Illumination ventilation and drainage | 214 |
Dressing the ore | 223 |
Classification of minerals and ores | 79 |
94 | |
ANCIENT MINING AND QUARRYING | 104 |
Prospecting | 109 |
Preclassical mining | 115 |
Greek mining | 143 |
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