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 - 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
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User Review - DinadansFriend - LibraryThingA necessary Corrective for those who think that our ancestors were not very bright. This is the first book that reset my mind to truly understand that technology has been accumulating for the last ... Read full review
Contents
One The Coming of the Engineers | 15 |
Two The Egyptian Engineers | 28 |
Three The Mesopotamian Engineers | 53 |
PLATES following page | 79 |
Four The Greek Engineers | 86 |
Five The Hellenistic Engineers | 114 |
Six The Early Roman Engineers | 164 |
The step pyramid of King Joser | 192 |
Seven The Later Roman Engineers | 211 |
The aqueducts of Rome | 216 |
The great clock of Gaza | 216 |
The stupa of Amravati | 216 |
Su Sungs astronomical clock tower | 216 |
Reversible overshot water wheel | 216 |
A post windmill | 216 |
Eight The Oriental Engineers | 260 |
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Common terms and phrases
Agrippa Alexandria ancient aqueducts Arabic arch Archimedes architect Aristotle armor army Athens became began brick bridge bronze builders building built Byzantine called canal castle catapult centuries China Chinese Christian church civilization classical columns conquered Demetrios dome early Egypt Egyptian emperor Empire engineering Europe feet fire Frontinus galleys gear Greek guns Hadrian harbor Hellenistic Hence Herodotos Heron Heron of Alexandria High Middle Ages horse houses Imhotep India invention iron Italy kings Ktesibios Lake land later Leonardo machine mechanical medieval Mediterranean Middle Ages mill modern Mongols mounted Muslim oars palaces Persian Philon Philon of Byzantium Phoenicians piers pipes Plinius probably Ptolemaios pump pyramid Renaissance river roads Roman Rome roof rowers sail shaft ships side siege statue stone structure temple took tower Trajan treadwheel turned vault vessel Vitruvius wall water clock water wheel wind windmill wooden
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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