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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... armor , the riders were in constant danger of falling off . One Indo - European tribe , the Medes , settled in western Iran . Here , on the Nisaean Plain , they bred horses for size until the horses were as big as modern riding horses ...
... armor , the riders were in constant danger of falling off . One Indo - European tribe , the Medes , settled in western Iran . Here , on the Nisaean Plain , they bred horses for size until the horses were as big as modern riding horses ...
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... armor of knights . The early hand guns were not so effective as all that . They did not completely displace the crossbow until + XVI , and they did not put the armor makers out of business until + XVII , three centuries after guns came ...
... armor of knights . The early hand guns were not so effective as all that . They did not completely displace the crossbow until + XVI , and they did not put the armor makers out of business until + XVII , three centuries after guns came ...
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... armor . Its protection was so complete that in the important battle of Zagonara ( 1423 ) , when the Milanese beat the Florentines in a place that had been flooded by heavy rains , " no death occurred except those of Ludovico degli Obizi ...
... armor . Its protection was so complete that in the important battle of Zagonara ( 1423 ) , when the Milanese beat the Florentines in a place that had been flooded by heavy rains , " no death occurred except those of Ludovico degli Obizi ...
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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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