Discover the true history of some of the most extraordinary inventions of the ancient world, including mysterious devices that we can't recreate today, and the

Discover the true history of some of the most extraordinary inventions of the ancient world, including mysterious devices that we can't recreate today, and the

It is an excellent book – highly intelligent, interesting and original. Expressing high philosophy in a readable form without trivialising it is a very diffic

Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.