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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... developed for holding up the roofs or upper stories of houses . The other three are the post - and - lintel , the arch - and - vault , and the truss . Each device is best carried out by certain building materials . Brick and stone are ...
... developed for holding up the roofs or upper stories of houses . The other three are the post - and - lintel , the arch - and - vault , and the truss . Each device is best carried out by certain building materials . Brick and stone are ...
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... developed by a long series of inventors , known and unknown , over many centuries . There is no question , however , that it is one of the most important of all inventions in its contribution to civilization . The Chinese possessed ...
... developed by a long series of inventors , known and unknown , over many centuries . There is no question , however , that it is one of the most important of all inventions in its contribution to civilization . The Chinese possessed ...
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... developed the flying buttress . This was a structure of stone , like a small section of an arch , leaning against the piers from outside the building , propping the wall and coun- terbalancing the thrust of the roof vault . Another ...
... developed the flying buttress . This was a structure of stone , like a small section of an arch , leaning against the piers from outside the building , propping the wall and coun- terbalancing the thrust of the roof vault . Another ...
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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 Assyrian Athens Babylon became began brick bridge bronze builders building built Byzantine called canal castle catapults centuries China Chinese civilization classical columns 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 kings Ktesibios Lake land later Leonardo machine 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