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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... early Empire ) the tradition lived on . Therefore Frontinus , Trajan's water commissioner , is not being merely patriotic when , in describing Rome's aqueducts , he bursts out : " With such an array of indispensable struc- tures ...
... early Empire ) the tradition lived on . Therefore Frontinus , Trajan's water commissioner , is not being merely patriotic when , in describing Rome's aqueducts , he bursts out : " With such an array of indispensable struc- tures ...
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... early Roman house was built on the Etruscan plan . The domus of a prosperous early Roman bourgeois had about a dozen rooms , ranged around a partly roofed court . There was a square hole in the roof to let in the rain and a cis- tern ...
... early Roman house was built on the Etruscan plan . The domus of a prosperous early Roman bourgeois had about a dozen rooms , ranged around a partly roofed court . There was a square hole in the roof to let in the rain and a cis- tern ...
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Lyon Sprague De Camp. Hellenistic or early Roman imperial times , to be picked up by the early alchemists and added to their stock of lore . The final source of alchemy was a cloudy mass of mystical , magical doctrine - a conglomeration ...
Lyon Sprague De Camp. Hellenistic or early Roman imperial times , to be picked up by the early alchemists and added to their stock of lore . The final source of alchemy was a cloudy mass of mystical , magical doctrine - a conglomeration ...
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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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