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... head , and his right hand was raised to shade his eyes against the beams of the rising sun . He was probably , like Alexander , clean - shaven but with his hair rather long . A work on the Seven Wonders of the World exists under the ...
... head , and his right hand was raised to shade his eyes against the beams of the rising sun . He was probably , like Alexander , clean - shaven but with his hair rather long . A work on the Seven Wonders of the World exists under the ...
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... head glowered down . Below this decoration stood a horizontal row of twelve small doors . At night these doors were opened , and time was told by a lamp , which the clockwork moved slowly from right to left behind these doors . Lower ...
... head glowered down . Below this decoration stood a horizontal row of twelve small doors . At night these doors were opened , and time was told by a lamp , which the clockwork moved slowly from right to left behind these doors . Lower ...
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... head of the piers , which appears from this , that at the stern the water is in a more violent motion than at the head , and forms eddies which turn up the ground at the bottom , while the head stands firm and safe , being guarded and ...
... head of the piers , which appears from this , that at the stern the water is in a more violent motion than at the head , and forms eddies which turn up the ground at the bottom , while the head stands firm and safe , being guarded and ...
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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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