Translation from German. Moscow Gostekhizdat. 1933. 300 pp. ill. Hard publishing binding. Encyclopedic format. The book is structured as follows: each chapter is dedicated to a specific great mechanic of antiquity, the Middle Ages, modern times. His achievements are described in detail, with a large number of illustrations (with engravings) of devices, mechanisms that he created. The first volume describes the achievements of Heron the Elder of Alexandria (120 BC), Pappas of Alexandria, Mark Vitruvius Pollion. Birunguccio, Agricola, Cardano, Turriano, Besson, Ramelli, Lorini, della Porta, Tsonka, Ceizina, Salomon de Co, Verantia, Leyrejona, de Strada, Branca, Mersenne, Harshfetter, Caspar Schotta (1591-1670)
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