Talk:Robert Jacobus Forbes

Moved Selected works to the talk page
The following selected works has been moved to the talk page, because it practically contains a full biography of Forbes work, twice. Also I don't understand the logic of the whole thing. Instead of giving it might be better to give a summary in written text. -- Mdd (talk) 00:54, 9 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Almost all of the data listed below is (now) restored in the article in the new format. -- Mdd (talk) 14:56, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

Selected works

 * Notes on the history of ancient roads and their construction (Amsterdam: Nord-Hollandsche Uitgevers-mij, 1934); 2nd ed., Amsterdam: Adolf M. Hakkert, 1964.
 * Reviewed by Jotham Johnson in American Journal of Archaeology 39, #3 (July–September 1935), pp. 427-428,.
 * Reviewed by C. E. Stevens in The Classical Review 49, #2 (May 1935), p. 87,.
 * Reviewed by I. A. Richmond in The Journal of Roman Studies 25 (1935), pp. 113-114,.


 * Bitumen and Petroleum in Antiquity (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1936.)
 * Reviewed by K. C. Bailey, The Classical Review, 50, #6 (December 1936), p. 243,.


 * Bibliographia Antiqua: Philosophia Naturalis (10 parts in 6 volumes and 2 supplementary volumes, 1940–1963):
 * 1: Mining and geology (#1-612), Leiden: Nederlandsch Inst. van het Nabije Oosten, 1940.
 * 2: Metallurgy (#613-4130), Leiden: Nederlandsch Institut van het Nabije Oosten, 1942.
 * 3/4: Building materials (#4131-4423), Pottery, faience, glass, glaze, beads (#4424-4895), Leiden: Nederlandsch Inst. van het Nabije Oosten, 1944.
 * 5/8: Paints, pigments, varnishes, inks and their application (#4938-5198), Leather, manufacture and application (#5199-5236), Fibrous materials (#5237-5544), Paper, papyrus, and other writing materials (#5545-5641), Leiden: Nederlandsch Inst. van het Nabije Oosten, 1949.
 * 9: Man and nature (#5642-7972), Leiden: Nederlandsch Institut van het Nabije Oosten, 1949.
 * 10: Science and technology (#7973-10751), Leiden: Nederlandsch Instituut voor het nabije oosten, 1950.
 * Supplement I: 1940-1950 (#10752-13240), Leiden: Nederlandsch Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, 1952.
 * Supplement II: 1950-1960 (#13241-15234), Leiden: Nederlandsch Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, 1963.
 * Supplement II is reviewed by Eugene S. Ferguson in Technology and Culture, 5, #4 (Autumn 1964), pp. 639-640,.


 * Short History of the Art of Distillation from the Beginnings up to the Death of Cellier Blumenthal (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1948)
 * Reviewed by Frederick O. Koenig in Isis 41, #1 (March 1950), pp. 131-133,.


 * Man the Maker. A History of Technology and Engineering (New York: Henry Schuman, 1950)
 * Reviewed by Cyril Stanley Smith in Isis, 42, #1 (April 1951), pp. 79-80,.
 * Reviewed by Warren C. Scoville in The Journal of Economic History, 11, #2 (Spring 1951), pp. 196-197,.
 * Reviewed by H. T. Pledge in The British Journal of Sociology 2, #4 (December 1951), pp. 369-370,.
 * Reviewed by John W. Oliver in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 273 (January 1951), pp. 265-266,.
 * Reviewed by William F. Ogburn in American Sociological Review 15, #6 (December 1950), pp. 829-830,.


 * Studies in Ancient Technology (9 vols., 1955–1964; reprints and new editions, 1964–1993)
 * 1: Bitumen and petroleum in antiquity; the origin of alchemy; water supply, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1955. Second ed., 1964.  Third ed., 1993, ISBN 90-04-00621-4.
 * 2: Irrigation and drainage; Power; Land transport and road-building; The coming of the camel, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1955. Second rev. ed., 1965.  Third ed. (reprint of second ed.), 1993, ISBN 90-04-00622-2.
 * 3: Cosmetics and perfumes in antiquity; Food, alcoholic beverages, vinegar; Food in classical antiquity; Fermented beverages 500 B.C. - 1500 A.D.; Crushing; Salts, preservation processes, mummification; Paints, pigments, inks and varnishes, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1955. Second ed., 1965.  Third ed., 1993, ISBN 90-04-00623-0.
 * 4: The fibres and fabrics of antiquity; Washing, bleaching, fulling and felting; Dyes and dyeing; Spinning; Sewing, basketry and weaving; Weaving and looms; Fabrics and weavers, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1956. Second rev. ed., 1964, reprinted 1987, ISBN 90-04-08307-3.
 * 5: Leather in antiquity; Sugar and its substitutes in antiquity; Glass, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1957. Second rev. ed., 1966, ISBN 90-04-00625-7.
 * 6: Heat and heating; Refrigeration, the art of cooling and producing cold; Light, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1958. Second rev. ed., 1966, ISBN 90-04-00626-5.
 * 7: Ancient geology; Ancient mining and quarrying; Ancient mining techniques, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1963. Second rev. ed., 1966, ISBN 90-04-00627-3.
 * 8: Metallurgy in antiquity, part 1; Early metallurgy, the smith and his tools, gold, silver and lead, zinc and brass, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1964. Second rev. ed., 1971, ISBN 90-04-02652-5.
 * 9: Metallurgy in antiquity, part 2; Copper and bronze, tin, arsenic, antimony and iron, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1964. Second rev. ed., 1972, ISBN 90-04-03487-0.
 * Review of vol. 1 by W. C. Brice in Man 56 (April 1956), p. 62,.
 * Review of vols. 2 and 3 by H. H. Coghlan in Man 56 (September 1956), pp. 125-126,.
 * Review of vols. 1-3 by Lynn White, Jr. in Isis 48, #1 (March 1957), p. 77,.
 * Review of vol. 5 by R. J. Gettens in American Journal of Archaeology 63, #3 (July 1959), p. 285,.
 * Review of vol. 6 by Lynn White, Jr. in Isis 51, #2 (June 1960), pp. 227-228,.
 * Review of vols. 1-6 by W. F. Leemans in "Some Marginal Remarks on Ancient Technology", Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 3, #2 (August 1960), pp. 217-237,.
 * Review of vol. 7 by J. R. Harris in Isis 56, #1 (Spring 1965), pp. 90-92,.
 * Review of vol. 7 by W. F. Leemans in Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 7, #2 (July 1964), pp. 206-208,.
 * Review of vols. 8 and 9 by H. Limet in Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 9, #3 (December 1966), pp. 309-313,.


 * Studies in Early Petroleum History (Leiden: Brill, 1958.)
 * Reviewed by A. G. Drachmann in Isis 50, #4 (December 1959), pp. 498-499,.


 * More Studies in Early Petroleum History, 1860-1880 (Leiden: Brill, 1959.)
 * Reviewed by F. Klemm in Isis 52, #3 (September 1961), pp. 437-438,.
 * Reviewed, with Studies in Early Petroleum History, by Martin Levey in Technology and Culture 2, #1 (Winter 1961), pp. 55-57,.
 * Reviewed, with Studies in Early Petroleum History, by Kendall Beaton in The Business History Review 34, #1 (Spring 1960), pp. 130-131,.


 * (with E. J. Dijksterhuis) History of Science and Technology (Penguin Books, 1963; 2 vols.)
 * Volume I: Ancient Times to the Seventeenth Century
 * Volume II: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
 * Reviewed by J. Morton Briggs, Jr., Isis 55, #1 (March 1964), pp. 101-102,.


 * The principal works of Simon Stevin (1966)
 * The Conquest of Nature: Technology and Its Consequences (New York: Praeger, 1968.)