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... close a meeting , Eupalinos must have used surveying instru- ments , though just what kind is not known . The Golden Age of Greece was brought to a close by Sparta's defeat of Athens in the Peloponnesian War ( -431 to -404 ) . Sparta ...
... close a meeting , Eupalinos must have used surveying instru- ments , though just what kind is not known . The Golden Age of Greece was brought to a close by Sparta's defeat of Athens in the Peloponnesian War ( -431 to -404 ) . Sparta ...
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... close - hauled . The sailing ships of the Arabian Sea , of the kind called " dhows , " have long used the short - luffed lugsail . But they do not sail close - hauled or tack . Instead , their masters 224 The Ancient Engineers.
... close - hauled . The sailing ships of the Arabian Sea , of the kind called " dhows , " have long used the short - luffed lugsail . But they do not sail close - hauled or tack . Instead , their masters 224 The Ancient Engineers.
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... close to Rome . As it was , they had either to stop at Puteoli , which raised the cost of goods by requiring their transportation by land for 160 miles , or to anchor at Ostia with its dangerous bar and cramped harbors . For most of the ...
... close to Rome . As it was , they had either to stop at Puteoli , which raised the cost of goods by requiring their transportation by land for 160 miles , or to anchor at Ostia with its dangerous bar and cramped harbors . For most of the ...
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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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