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Surveying instruments of Greece and Rome /
This book contains translations of all the ancient texts on surveying, including major sources hitherto untapped. It sets out to reconstruct the instruments and to explain how they were used. A level of technical sophistication emerges which must count as one of the greatest achievements of the anci...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book contains translations of all the ancient texts on surveying, including major sources hitherto untapped. It sets out to reconstruct the instruments and to explain how they were used. A level of technical sophistication emerges which must count as one of the greatest achievements of the ancient world. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 389 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-368) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0511017391 9780511017391 9780521792974 0521792975 0511047207 9780511047206 0511031939 9780511031939 9780511483035 0511483031 1280432977 9781280432972 9786610432974 661043297X 9780521110655 0521110653 |