The Ancient EngineersDescribes methods used by early irrigators, architects, and military engineers to build and maintain structures to serve their ruler's wants. |
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Crítica de los usuarios - PDCRead - LibraryThingThis was originally written in 1962, and is therefore is a little dated. Sprague de Camp has written a book all about the different civilisations and the technologies that that invented or acquired ... Leer comentario completo
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Crítica de los usuarios - Schmerguls - LibraryThing5609. The Ancient Engineers, by L. Sprague De Camp (read 21 Jan 2019) This book was first published in 1963 and hence its bibliography includes nothing after that date. It undertakes to tell of the ... Leer comentario completo
Contenido
Three The Mesopotamian Engineers | 53 |
Four | 60 |
The Greek Engineers | 86 |
Five | 103 |
The Hellenistic Engineers | 114 |
Seven The Later Roman Engineers | 211 |
The Oriental Engineers | 260 |
Nine The European Engineers | 313 |
Notes | 364 |
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Land, Water, and Development: River Basin Systems and Their Sustainable ... Malcolm David Newson Sin vista previa disponible - 1992 |
A History of Engineering in Classical and Medieval Times Donald Routledge Hill Sin vista previa disponible - 1996 |
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Ancient Engineers |
| Autor | L. Sprague De Camp |
| Edición | ilustrada |
| Editor | Barnes & Noble Publishing, 1990 |
| ISBN | 0880294566, 9780880294560 |
| Largo | 408 páginas |
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