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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... ships of a wholly new type . These were ships with a single bank of oars , but with four or five men on each oar . These galleys had on each side a frame or outrigger called an apostis , in which the oars were pivoted . These new ships ...
... ships of a wholly new type . These were ships with a single bank of oars , but with four or five men on each oar . These galleys had on each side a frame or outrigger called an apostis , in which the oars were pivoted . These new ships ...
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... ships were stripped of valuables and abandoned . With no crews to pump the water out of the bilges , they slowly settled by leakage until they went under . The remains of these marvelous ships , alas , were destroyed in the spring of ...
... ships were stripped of valuables and abandoned . With no crews to pump the water out of the bilges , they slowly settled by leakage until they went under . The remains of these marvelous ships , alas , were destroyed in the spring of ...
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... ships unloaded their cargoes at Ostia , whence it was taken to Rome in barges pulled up the river by slaves or by oxen , or was carried over the Ostian Way . Very large ships had to anchor outside the bar and send their cargoes ashore ...
... ships unloaded their cargoes at Ostia , whence it was taken to Rome in barges pulled up the river by slaves or by oxen , or was carried over the Ostian Way . Very large ships had to anchor outside the bar and send their cargoes ashore ...
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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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