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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User Review - 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 ... Read full review
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User Review - 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 ... Read full review
Contents
One The Coming of the Engineers | 15 |
Two The Egyptian Engineers | 28 |
Three The Mesopotamian Engineers | 53 |
Four The Greek Engineers | 86 |
Five The Hellenistic Engineers | 114 |
Six The Early Roman Engineers | 164 |
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References to this book
Land, Water, and Development: River Basin Systems and Their Sustainable ... Malcolm David Newson No preview available - 1992 |
A History of Engineering in Classical and Medieval Times Donald Routledge Hill No preview available - 1996 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Ancient Engineers |
| Author | Lyon Sprague De Camp |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Barnes & Noble Publishing, 1990 |
| ISBN | 0880294566, 9780880294560 |
| Length | 408 pages |
| Subjects | › Philosophy / Metaphysics |
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