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Chapter 3 - Machines on Paper

From Words to Acts in Ancient Mechanics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2017

By
Markus Asper
Edited by
Marco Formisano  and
Philip van der Eijk
Marco Formisano
Affiliation:
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
Philip van der Eijk
Affiliation:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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Knowledge, Text and Practice in Ancient Technical Writing , pp. 27 - 52
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Print publication year: 2017

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