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... ancient Greece " evokes , as if it were one of Keats's Charm'd magic casements , opening on the foam Of perilous seas , in faery lands forlorn.4 For the Parthenon's statues , Perikles hired Pheidias , the leading sculptor of the age ...
... ancient Greece " evokes , as if it were one of Keats's Charm'd magic casements , opening on the foam Of perilous seas , in faery lands forlorn.4 For the Parthenon's statues , Perikles hired Pheidias , the leading sculptor of the age ...
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... ancients used the terms katapeltes ( or catapulta ) and bal ( 1 ) ista . These meant sim- ply " thrower " or " shooter " —that is , any missile weapon . These words were applied indiscriminately to all catapults . Although some ancient ...
... ancients used the terms katapeltes ( or catapulta ) and bal ( 1 ) ista . These meant sim- ply " thrower " or " shooter " —that is , any missile weapon . These words were applied indiscriminately to all catapults . Although some ancient ...
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... ancient times , and that some cases of alleged poisoning of ancient notables by their enemies were really cases of lead poison- ing , or else of food poisoning caused by careless methods of handling food - a hazard to which travelers in ...
... ancient times , and that some cases of alleged poisoning of ancient notables by their enemies were really cases of lead poison- ing , or else of food poisoning caused by careless methods of handling food - a hazard to which travelers in ...
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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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