Cranes lift more than their weight in the World of Shipping and Construction. Am article in IEEE Spectrum talks about how cranes have become the mainstays of global commerce.
Greek lifting machinesThe modern crane is the ancestor of an invention credited to the ancient Greeks who introduced these lifting machines in order to move large stones when constructing their immense temples.
Soon after, subsequent empires in Egypt and Rome were also counting on this mighty tool. Throughout the history of...
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