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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)Reply
Notes on the history of ancient roads and their construction (Amsterdam: Nord-Hollandsche Uitgevers-mij, 1934);[1] 2nd ed., Amsterdam: Adolf M. Hakkert, 1964.[2]
Reviewed by Jotham Johnson in American Journal of Archaeology39, #3 (July–September 1935), pp. 427-428, JSTOR498643.
Reviewed by C. E. Stevens in The Classical Review49, #2 (May 1935), p. 87, JSTOR699882.
Reviewed by I. A. Richmond in The Journal of Roman Studies25 (1935), pp. 113-114, JSTOR296571.
Bitumen and Petroleum in Antiquity (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1936.)
Reviewed by K. C. Bailey, The Classical Review, 50, #6 (December 1936), p. 243, JSTOR705523.
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.[3]
2: Metallurgy (#613-4130), Leiden: Nederlandsch Institut van het Nabije Oosten, 1942.[4]
3/4: Building materials (#4131-4423), Pottery, faience, glass, glaze, beads (#4424-4895), Leiden: Nederlandsch Inst. van het Nabije Oosten, 1944.[5]
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.[6]
9: Man and nature (#5642-7972), Leiden: Nederlandsch Institut van het Nabije Oosten, 1949.[7]
10: Science and technology (#7973-10751), Leiden: Nederlandsch Instituut voor het nabije oosten, 1950.[8]
Supplement I: 1940-1950 (#10752-13240), Leiden: Nederlandsch Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, 1952.[9]
Supplement II: 1950-1960 (#13241-15234), Leiden: Nederlandsch Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, 1963.[10]
Supplement II is reviewed by Eugene S. Ferguson in Technology and Culture, 5, #4 (Autumn 1964), pp. 639-640, JSTOR3101244.
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 Isis41, #1 (March 1950), pp. 131-133, JSTOR226410.
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, JSTOR226692.
Reviewed by Warren C. Scoville in The Journal of Economic History, 11, #2 (Spring 1951), pp. 196-197, JSTOR2113154.
Reviewed by H. T. Pledge in The British Journal of Sociology2, #4 (December 1951), pp. 369-370, JSTOR588096.
Reviewed by John W. Oliver in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science273 (January 1951), pp. 265-266, JSTOR1026492.
Reviewed by William F. Ogburn in American Sociological Review15, #6 (December 1950), pp. 829-830, JSTOR2086637.
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.[11] Second ed., 1964.[12] Third ed., 1993, ISBN90-04-00621-4.
2: Irrigation and drainage; Power; Land transport and road-building; The coming of the camel, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1955.[13] Second rev. ed., 1965.[14] Third ed. (reprint of second ed.), 1993, ISBN90-04-00622-2.
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.[15] Second ed., 1965.[16] Third ed., 1993, ISBN90-04-00623-0.
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.[17] Second rev. ed., 1964, reprinted 1987, ISBN90-04-08307-3.[18]
5: Leather in antiquity; Sugar and its substitutes in antiquity; Glass, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1957.[19] Second rev. ed., 1966, ISBN90-04-00625-7.
6: Heat and heating; Refrigeration, the art of cooling and producing cold; Light, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1958.[20] Second rev. ed., 1966, ISBN90-04-00626-5.
7: Ancient geology; Ancient mining and quarrying; Ancient mining techniques, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1963.[21] Second rev. ed., 1966, ISBN90-04-00627-3.
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, ISBN90-04-02652-5.
9: Metallurgy in antiquity, part 2; Copper and bronze, tin, arsenic, antimony and iron, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1964. Second rev. ed., 1972, ISBN90-04-03487-0.
Review of vol. 1 by W. C. Brice in Man56 (April 1956), p. 62, JSTOR2793666.
Review of vols. 2 and 3 by H. H. Coghlan in Man56 (September 1956), pp. 125-126, JSTOR2794973.
Review of vol. 5 by R. J. Gettens in American Journal of Archaeology63, #3 (July 1959), p. 285, JSTOR501852.
Review of vol. 6 by Lynn White, Jr. in Isis51, #2 (June 1960), pp. 227-228, JSTOR226869.
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 Orient3, #2 (August 1960), pp. 217-237, JSTOR3596297.
Review of vol. 7 by J. R. Harris in Isis56, #1 (Spring 1965), pp. 90-92, JSTOR228469.
Review of vol. 7 by W. F. Leemans in Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient7, #2 (July 1964), pp. 206-208, JSTOR3596242.
Review of vols. 8 and 9 by H. Limet in Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient9, #3 (December 1966), pp. 309-313, JSTOR3595950.
Studies in Early Petroleum History (Leiden: Brill, 1958.)[22]
Reviewed by A. G. Drachmann in Isis50, #4 (December 1959), pp. 498-499, JSTOR226446.
More Studies in Early Petroleum History, 1860-1880 (Leiden: Brill, 1959.)[23]
Reviewed by F. Klemm in Isis52, #3 (September 1961), pp. 437-438, JSTOR228097.
Reviewed, with Studies in Early Petroleum History, by Martin Levey in Technology and Culture2, #1 (Winter 1961), pp. 55-57, JSTOR3101308.
Reviewed, with Studies in Early Petroleum History, by Kendall Beaton in The Business History Review34, #1 (Spring 1960), pp. 130-131, JSTOR3111792.
^Forbes, R.J. Notes on the History of Ancient Roads and Their Construction. Amsterdam: Uitgeversmij, 1934. Print, OCLC406562923.
^Forbes, R J. Notes on the History of Ancient Roads and Their Construction: 2. Unrev : Ed. Amsterdam: Adolf M. Hakkert, 1964. Print, OCLC484066898.
^Forbes, Robert J. Bibliographia Antiqua: Philosophia Naturalis: [- 1960]. Leiden: Nederlandsch Inst. van het Nabije Oosten, 1940. Print, OCLC633867196.
^Forbes, Robert J. Bibliographia Antiqua Philosophia Naturalis... A. D. 1939: 2. Leiden: Nederlandsch Institut van het Nabije Oosten, 1942. Print, OCLC490547084.
^Forbes, Robert J. Bibliographia Antiqua: Philosophia Naturalis: [- 1960]. Leiden: Nederlandsch Inst. van het Nabije Oosten, 1944. Print, OCLC632730737.
^Forbes, Robert J. Bibliographia Antiqua: Philosophia Naturalis: [- 1960]. Leiden: Nederlandsch Inst. van het Nabije Oosten, 1949. Print, OCLC632730763.
^Forbes, Robert J. Bibliographia Antiqua Philosophia Naturalis... A. D. 1939: 9. Leiden: Nederlandsch Institut van het Nabije Oosten, 1949. Print, OCLC490554078.
^Forbes, Robert J. Bibliographia Antiqua: 10. Leiden: Nederlandsch Instituut voor het nabije oosten, 1950. Print, OCLC496323084.
^Forbes, R J. Supplement 1: Nos. 10752 - 13240 ; 1940 - 1950. Bibliographia antiqua : philosophia naturalis / R. J. Forbes, S,1. Leiden: Nederlandsch Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, 1952. Print, OCLC246384641.
^Forbes, R J. Supplement 2: Nos. 13241 - 15234 ; 1950 - 1960. Bibliographia antiqua : philosophia naturalis / R. J. Forbes, S,2. Leiden: Nederlandsch Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, 1963. Print, OCLC247974498.
^Forbes, Robert J. Studies in Ancient Technology: The Origin of Alchemy : Water Supply. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1955. Print, OCLC418456604.
^Forbes, Robert J. Studies in Ancient Technology: 1. Leiden: Brill, 1964. Print, OCLC180355272.
^Forbes, Robert J. Studies in Ancient Technology: Power : Land Transport and Road-Building : the Coming of the Camel. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1955. Print, OCLC418456689.
^Forbes, Robert J. Studies in Ancient Technology: 2. Leiden: Brill, 1965. Print, OCLC180355312.
^Forbes, Robert J. Studies in Ancient Technology: Food, Alcohlic Beverages, Vinegar : Food in Classical Antiquity : Fermented Beverages 500 B.c. - 1500 A.d. Crushing, Salts, Preservation Processeo, Mummification : Paints Pigments, Inks and Varnishes. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1955. Print, OCLC418456736.
^Forbes, Robert J. Studies in Ancient Technology: 3. Leiden: Brill, 1965. Print, OCLC310479493.
^Forbes, Robert J. Studies in Ancient Technology: Washing, Bleaching, Fulling and Felting : Dyes and Dyeing Spinning : Sewing, Basketry and Weaving and Looms : Fabrics and Weaters. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1956. Print, OCLC418456783.
^Forbes, R J. Studies in Ancient Technology: Vol. 4. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1964. Print, OCLC27718678.
^Forbes, Robert J. Studies in Ancient Technology: Sugar and Its Substitutes in Antiquity : Glass. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1957. Print, OCLC418456854.
^Forbes, Robert J. Studies in Ancient Technology: Refrigeration, the Art of Cooling and Producing Cold, Light. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1958. Print, OCLC418456904.
^Forbes, Robert J. Studies in Ancient Technology: Ancient Mining and Quarrying and Quarrying : Ancien Minig Techniques. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1963. Print, OCLC418456980.
^Forbes, Robert J. Studies in Early Petroleum History: With 16 Pl. and 32 Fig. Leiden: Brill, 1958. Print, OCLC300163270.
^Forbes, R J. More Studies in Early Petroleum History, 1860-1880. Leiden: Brill, 1959. Print, OCLC475921416.
^Forbes, R.J. The Conquest of Nature: Technology and Its Consequences. New York: Praeger, 1968. Print, OCLC301300776.