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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... means of the channels cut by Agrippa , this canal would communi- cate with the Bay of Naples . Nero mobilized thousands of convicts to do the work . Digging began , but at Nero's death the project was dropped . Later historians cited ...
... means of the channels cut by Agrippa , this canal would communi- cate with the Bay of Naples . Nero mobilized thousands of convicts to do the work . Digging began , but at Nero's death the project was dropped . Later historians cited ...
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... means " of Ktesibios . " Following normal Greek usage , the whole name would mean " Heron the son of Ktesibios . " But the famous Ktesibios , the clock - and- organ man , lived in early -III , and Heron was certainly later than that ...
... means " of Ktesibios . " Following normal Greek usage , the whole name would mean " Heron the son of Ktesibios . " But the famous Ktesibios , the clock - and- organ man , lived in early -III , and Heron was certainly later than that ...
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... means of destroying every fortress or other fortification if it be not built of stone . I have also means of making cannon easy and convenient to carry , and with them throw out stones similar to a tempest ; and with the smoke from them ...
... means of destroying every fortress or other fortification if it be not built of stone . I have also means of making cannon easy and convenient to carry , and with them throw out stones similar to a tempest ; and with the smoke from them ...
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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