ISBN: 9780521792974

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: Cambridge University Press], The Greeks and, especially, the Romans are famous for the heroic engineering of their aqueducts, tunnels and roads. They also measured t… Mehr…

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: Cambridge University Press], The Greeks and, especially, the Romans are famous for the heroic engineering of their aqueducts, tunnels and roads. They also measured the circumference of the earth and the heights of mountains with fair precision. This book presents new translations (from Greek, Latin, Arabic, Hebrew and Syriac) of all the ancient texts concerning surveying, including major sources hitherto untapped. It explores the history of surveying instruments, notably the Greek dioptra and the Roman libra, and with the help of tests with reconstructions explains how they were used in practice. This is a subject which has never been tackled before in anything like this depth. The Greeks emerge as the pioneers of instrumental surveying and, though their equipment and methods were simple by modern standards, they and the Romans can be credited with a level of technical sophistication which must count as one of the greatest achievements of the ancient world. Table of contents: Introduction Part I. Instruments and Methods: 1. The basic elements 2. Background to the dioptra 3. The dioptra 4. The libra 5. The groma 6. The hodometer Part II. Practical Applications: 7. Measurement of the earth 8. Mountain heights 9. Canals and aqueducts 10. Tunnels 11. Roman roads 12. Epilogue Part III. The Sources: The treatises Other sources Appendix. Uncertain devices. 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. Comprehensive account of ancient surveying instruments together with translations of all the ancient sources. 410 pages - 6 half-tones 100 figures Versandfertig in 3-5 Tagen, DE, Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, offene Rechnung (Vorkasse vorbehalten)<

ISBN: 9780521792974

Hardback, [PU: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS], This book contains translations of all the ancient texts on surveying, including major sources hitherto untapped. It sets out to reconstruct th… Mehr…

Hardback, [PU: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS], 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., European History<

ISBN: 9780521792974

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