The Ancient EngineersBallantine Books, 1974 - 450 páginas Traces the advancement of early invention and technology from the first recorded engineering project of early Egypt. |
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... Lake Kopaïs in Boiotia presented a difficult engineering problem . This lake had several inlets but no outlet on the surface . The water escaped through underground channels in the surrounding limestone moun- tains . From time to time ...
... Lake Kopaïs in Boiotia presented a difficult engineering problem . This lake had several inlets but no outlet on the surface . The water escaped through underground channels in the surrounding limestone moun- tains . From time to time ...
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... lakes without outlets . Some lie in the craters of extinct volcanoes . Whereas the level of a normal lake is held to close limits by the outlet , the level of these landlocked lakes varied widely with the seasons . They filled up in ...
... lakes without outlets . Some lie in the craters of extinct volcanoes . Whereas the level of a normal lake is held to close limits by the outlet , the level of these landlocked lakes varied widely with the seasons . They filled up in ...
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... Lake Lucrinus - Orata's old oyster - hunting ground - into a training area . Shallow Lake Lucrinus was separated from the Bay of Naples by a narrow neck of land . Half a mile inland from Lake Lucrinus lay the deeper Lake Avernus in the ...
... Lake Lucrinus - Orata's old oyster - hunting ground - into a training area . Shallow Lake Lucrinus was separated from the Bay of Naples by a narrow neck of land . Half a mile inland from Lake Lucrinus lay the deeper Lake Avernus in the ...
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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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