The Ancient EngineersDoubleday, 1963 - 408 páginas This book is about those whose genius enabled the Egyptians to build their pyramids, the Phoenicians to cross stormy seas, the Romans to erect magnificent public buildings--that this carefully researched and fascinatingly written account of the advance of early technology has been written.Mr. de Camp describes the methods used by early irrigators, architects, and military engineers to build and maintain structures to serve their rulers' wants. He tells, for example, how the Pharaohs erected obelisks and pyramids, how Nebuchadnezzar fortified Babylon, how Dionysios' ordnance department invented the catapult, how the Chinese built the Great Wall, and how the Romans fashioned their roads, baths, sewers, and aqueducts. He recounts many intriguing anecdotes: an Assyrian king putting up no-parking signs in Nineveh; Plato inventing a water clock with an alarm to signal the start of his classes; Heron of Alexandria designing a coin-operated holy-water fountain; a Chinese emperor composing a poem to be inscribed on a clock invented by one of his civil servants. |
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... fire . Apparent- ly Alexandria had some sort of hand - operated fire engine not unlike those used in Europe and America in early + XVIII . Such an engine was merely a wooden tank or tub , with handles at the corners for carrying and a ...
... fire . Apparent- ly Alexandria had some sort of hand - operated fire engine not unlike those used in Europe and America in early + XVIII . Such an engine was merely a wooden tank or tub , with handles at the corners for carrying and a ...
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... fire itself which is to be powerful and quite inextinguish- able is to be prepared as follows . Pitch , sulfur , tow , granulated frankincense , and pine sawdust in sacks you should ignite if you wish to set any of the enemy's works on fire ...
... fire itself which is to be powerful and quite inextinguish- able is to be prepared as follows . Pitch , sulfur , tow , granulated frankincense , and pine sawdust in sacks you should ignite if you wish to set any of the enemy's works on fire ...
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... fire , " whistled among the Mongols with much noise and smoke and stampeded their ponies . 66 Charcoal and sulfur had long been known as ingredients for incendiary mixtures . As early as 1044 the Chinese learned that saltpeter , added ...
... fire , " whistled among the Mongols with much noise and smoke and stampeded their ponies . 66 Charcoal and sulfur had long been known as ingredients for incendiary mixtures . As early as 1044 the Chinese learned that saltpeter , added ...
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One The Coming of the Engineers | 1 |
Two The Egyptian Engineers | 18 |
Three The Mesopotamian Engineers | 46 |
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Agrippa Alexandria ancient aqueducts Arabs arch Archimedes architect Aristotle armor army Athens Babylon became began brick bridge bronze builders building built Byzantine called canal castle catapults centuries China Chinese civilization classical columns conquered Demetrios dome early Egypt Egyptian emperor Empire engineering Europe feet fire Frontinus galleys gear Greek Hadrian Hellenistic Hence Herodotos Heron Heron of Alexandria High Middle Ages horse houses Imhotep India invention iron irrigation kings Ktesibios Lake land later Leonardo mechanical medieval Mediterranean Mesopotamia Mesopotamian Middle Ages miles mill modern Mongols Muslim Nemi ships oars palaces Persian Philon Philon of Byzantium Phoenicians piers pipes probably Ptolemaios pyramid Renaissance river roads Roman Rome roof rowers sail Sennacherib shaft ships side siege statue stone structure temple took tower Trajan treadwheel tunnel turned vault Vitruvius wall water clock water wheel wooden