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... wall ex- pected to see a surface of solid stone or brick and would have felt uncomfortable without it , regardless of the wall's interior . So the builders obliged . In the era of concrete walls , the old terms for wall con- struction ...
... wall ex- pected to see a surface of solid stone or brick and would have felt uncomfortable without it , regardless of the wall's interior . So the builders obliged . In the era of concrete walls , the old terms for wall con- struction ...
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... wall and get crops started so that the army of builders should have a secure supply of food . The construction of the wall varied in different sections , according to the local materials available . Parts of the old walls built by kings ...
... wall and get crops started so that the army of builders should have a secure supply of food . The construction of the wall varied in different sections , according to the local materials available . Parts of the old walls built by kings ...
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... wall stretched over moun- tain and vale for a crow's - flight distance of 1,400 miles , so that if its eastern end were in Philadelphia the western would be in Kansas . Counting all the bends , branches , and loops , it totals about ...
... wall stretched over moun- tain and vale for a crow's - flight distance of 1,400 miles , so that if its eastern end were in Philadelphia the western would be in Kansas . Counting all the bends , branches , and loops , it totals about ...
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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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