Title Surveying instruments of Greece and Rome / M.J.T. Lewis.

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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

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Description	1 online resource (xx, 389 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-368) and indexes.
Contents	Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; PREFACE; EXPLANATORY NOTES; CROSS-REFERENCES; TRANSLATION; TERMINOLOGY; GRADIENTS; MEASURES; INTRODUCTION; PART I INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS; PART II PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS; PART III THE SOURCES; APPENDIX UNCERTAIN DEVICES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
Summary	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.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Surveying -- Greece -- Instruments.
	Surveying.
	Greece.
	Surveying -- Rome -- Instruments.
	Surveying -- History.
	History.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Lewis, Michael Jonathan Taunton. Surveying instruments of Greece and Rome. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001 0521792975 (DLC) 00034262 (OCoLC)44076128
ISBN	0511017391 (electronic book)
	9780511017391 (electronic book)
	9780521792974 (hardback)
	0521792975 (hardback)
	0511047207
	9780511047206
	0511031939 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader)
	9780511031939 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader)
	9780511483035 (ebook)
	0511483031 (ebook)
	1280432977
	9781280432972

Title Surveying instruments of Greece and Rome / M.J.T. Lewis.

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