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London England: Tandem. Paperback. Slight browning to edges of pages. Slight mark to edge. With limited materials, and effort rated in terms of manpower rather than horsepower, working in isolation or to satisfy the whims of the wealthy or powerful, the technocrats of the ancient world invented and perfected many of the engineering wonders of our civilization. Roads and bridges, central heating, plumbing and drainage, war machines, architectural rules and building methods, are some of the astonishingly sophisticated attainments of the Ancient Enginners. There are surprises, too. Parking restrictions in Nineveh, a coin-operated holy holy water dispenser, a fourth-century BC alarm clock....The author's carefully researched and entertaining account of Man's inventive and technical genius includes many such fascinating anecdotes. Illustrated. 408 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern…
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- Title ANCIENT ENGINEERS
- Author L. SPRAGUEde CAMP
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Tandem Editi
- Pages 416
- Language ENG
- Publisher Tandem, London
- Date 1977
- ISBN 9780426181200
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United Kingdom: Tandem Pub Co, 1977. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Some of the astonishingly sophisticated attainments of the ancients. Carefully researched and entertaining account of inventive and technical genius. Tandem Pub Co., London 1977. illus 408pp pb covers rubbed, spine creased, pages browned, vg
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Tandem, 1977. Soft cover. Very Good. pp.408 with index clean tight copy foxing to text pages spine cracked in middle of illustration page - middle of book but pages still attached crease down spine hinge and corners and down spine else slight edgewear Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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London: Tandem, 1977 Book. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. Engineering in the ancient world from the Pyramids to Byzantium, including architecture,agriculture,weaponry,transportation. Pbk. 408p. illus plates.diagrams.bibliography.index..
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