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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... turned . Instead of a single scale , a series of scales or a graph was inscribed on the pillar . By turning the pillar , the pointer could be made to indicate longer or shorter hours as desired . Vitruvius describes another water clock ...
... turned . Instead of a single scale , a series of scales or a graph was inscribed on the pillar . By turning the pillar , the pointer could be made to indicate longer or shorter hours as desired . Vitruvius describes another water clock ...
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... turned out to be an astronomi- cal computer . In its original form it was a wooden box a little over a foot high , looking something like a large eigh- teenth - century table clock . In front , a hinged bronze plate , covered with ...
... turned out to be an astronomi- cal computer . In its original form it was a wooden box a little over a foot high , looking something like a large eigh- teenth - century table clock . In front , a hinged bronze plate , covered with ...
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... turned into a Christian church in +608 , and stripped of its gold - plated tiles by the Byzantine emperor Constans II , who was slain by Saracen pirates on his way back to Constantinople . During the Mid- dle Ages it was robbed of its ...
... turned into a Christian church in +608 , and stripped of its gold - plated tiles by the Byzantine emperor Constans II , who was slain by Saracen pirates on his way back to Constantinople . During the Mid- dle Ages it was robbed of its ...
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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