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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... fire , men were seen running about with torches , spreading the fire and defying anybody to stop them . Some said that these were Nero's agents , but this is unlikely . Others blamed the Christians , and Nero massacred numbers of ...
... fire , men were seen running about with torches , spreading the fire and defying anybody to stop them . Some said that these were Nero's agents , but this is unlikely . Others blamed the Christians , and Nero massacred numbers of ...
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... fire . Apparent- ly Alexandria had some sort of hand - operated fire engine not unlike those used in Europe and America in early + XVIII . Such an engine was merely a wooden tank or tub , with handles at the corners for carrying and a ...
... fire . Apparent- ly Alexandria had some sort of hand - operated fire engine not unlike those used in Europe and America in early + XVIII . Such an engine was merely a wooden tank or tub , with handles at the corners for carrying and a ...
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... fire - emitting end toward the enemy and having tied it well to the lance or pike , at the proper time cause them to burn as you wish . From the thing made in this way you will see a fearful and very hot tongue of fire more than two ...
... fire - emitting end toward the enemy and having tied it well to the lance or pike , at the proper time cause them to burn as you wish . From the thing made in this way you will see a fearful and very hot tongue of fire more than two ...
Contenido
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