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... hence the rate of flow , varied . Still another method was to mount the pillar bearing the scale of hours so that it could be turned . Instead of a single scale , a series of scales or a graph was inscribed on the pillar . By turning ...
... hence the rate of flow , varied . Still another method was to mount the pillar bearing the scale of hours so that it could be turned . Instead of a single scale , a series of scales or a graph was inscribed on the pillar . By turning ...
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... Hence Imperial Rome and - later , for similar reasons - me- dieval Constantinople , Baghdad , Anuradhapura in Ceylon , and Hangchow in China all approached or exceeded the million mark . Some have claimed that each Roman had two or ...
... Hence Imperial Rome and - later , for similar reasons - me- dieval Constantinople , Baghdad , Anuradhapura in Ceylon , and Hangchow in China all approached or exceeded the million mark . Some have claimed that each Roman had two or ...
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... Hence the Caliphate , like the third - century Roman Empire , was kept in constant turmoil by palace plots and murders , revolts , and civil wars ; and it proved easy for the Turks to subvert and the Mongols to destroy . Things have not ...
... Hence the Caliphate , like the third - century Roman Empire , was kept in constant turmoil by palace plots and murders , revolts , and civil wars ; and it proved easy for the Turks to subvert and the Mongols to destroy . Things have not ...
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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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