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... learned to use more than one pulley at a time on a given load , though they may not yet have had the compound pulley block holding two or more pulleys in the same frame . Finally , he asks many shrewd questions about the break- ing ...
... learned to use more than one pulley at a time on a given load , though they may not yet have had the compound pulley block holding two or more pulleys in the same frame . Finally , he asks many shrewd questions about the break- ing ...
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... learned that arches could be used as independent units , supported on piers or columns . Diocletian's palace at Spalatum13 ( + III ) has arches mounted on columns , and this system became com- mon in medieval architecture . If an arch ...
... learned that arches could be used as independent units , supported on piers or columns . Diocletian's palace at Spalatum13 ( + III ) has arches mounted on columns , and this system became com- mon in medieval architecture . If an arch ...
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... learned Saint Thomas ( 1225-74 ) spent much of his life arguing , at enormous length and in tiny il- legible handwriting , that there was no conflict between sci- ence and religion ; that all truth was one , and that therefore ...
... learned Saint Thomas ( 1225-74 ) spent much of his life arguing , at enormous length and in tiny il- legible handwriting , that there was no conflict between sci- ence and religion ; that all truth was one , and that therefore ...
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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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