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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... river overflows its banks . Sometimes it makes a whole new channel in some other part of the flood plain . Because men try to keep the river in one place by building up the banks with levees , the river rises higher and higher above the ...
... river overflows its banks . Sometimes it makes a whole new channel in some other part of the flood plain . Because men try to keep the river in one place by building up the banks with levees , the river rises higher and higher above the ...
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... river , as most of the world's cities are , can usually manage for drinking water by scooping it out of the river . But even in ancient times , when men were ignorant of bacteria , they knew that spring water is better than water from a ...
... river , as most of the world's cities are , can usually manage for drinking water by scooping it out of the river . But even in ancient times , when men were ignorant of bacteria , they knew that spring water is better than water from a ...
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... River , 323 Taras , Tarentum , or Taranto , 138 , 195 Tarim Basin , 310 ff Tarquinius Priscus , Lucius , 202 , 217 Tarracina or Anxur , 194 , 221 , 235 Tartessos , 78 Tatars , 307 , 320 , 325 , 330 taxation , 32 , 48 , 72 , 325 , 356 ...
... River , 323 Taras , Tarentum , or Taranto , 138 , 195 Tarim Basin , 310 ff Tarquinius Priscus , Lucius , 202 , 217 Tarracina or Anxur , 194 , 221 , 235 Tartessos , 78 Tatars , 307 , 320 , 325 , 330 taxation , 32 , 48 , 72 , 325 , 356 ...
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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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