The Ancient EngineersThis 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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In the West , cast iron , though known in classical times , never became easy to make until improved furnaces , either derived from China or invented independently , appeared in medieval Europe , and it never became really cheap and ...
In the West , cast iron , though known in classical times , never became easy to make until improved furnaces , either derived from China or invented independently , appeared in medieval Europe , and it never became really cheap and ...
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Although he was twice married , he said that men have more teeth than women ; it never occurred to him to ask either of his wives to open her mouth for a count . In the physical sciences , Aristotle was much less successful .
Although he was twice married , he said that men have more teeth than women ; it never occurred to him to ask either of his wives to open her mouth for a count . In the physical sciences , Aristotle was much less successful .
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The delighted Emperor49 composed a poem , which was inscribed on the ecliptic ring around the celestial sphere : The moon in her waxing and waning is never at fault Her twenty - eight stewards escort her and never go straying , Here at ...
The delighted Emperor49 composed a poem , which was inscribed on the ecliptic ring around the celestial sphere : The moon in her waxing and waning is never at fault Her twenty - eight stewards escort her and never go straying , Here at ...
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Crítica de los usuarios - PDCRead - LibraryThingThis was originally written in 1962, and is therefore is a little dated. Sprague de Camp has written a book all about the different civilisations and the technologies that that invented or acquired ... Leer comentario completo
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Crítica de los usuarios - Schmerguls - LibraryThing5609. The Ancient Engineers, by L. Sprague De Camp (read 21 Jan 2019) This book was first published in 1963 and hence its bibliography includes nothing after that date. It undertakes to tell of the ... Leer comentario completo
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One The Coming of the Engineers | 7 |
Three The Mesopotamian Engineers | 46 |
Four The Greek Engineers | 83 |
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| Título | The Ancient Engineers |
| Autor | Lyon Sprague De Camp |
| Edición | reimpresa, reeditada |
| Editor | Doubleday, 1963 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 21 Sep. 2010 |
| ISBN | 0345320298, 9780345320292 |
| Largo | 408 páginas |
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