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
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-368) and indexes.
Note	Print version record.
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.
Subject	Surveying -- Greece -- Instruments.
	Surveying -- Rome -- Instruments.
	Surveying -- History.
	TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Surveying.
	Surveying. (OCoLC)fst01139579
	Surveying -- Instruments. (OCoLC)fst01139590
	Greece. (OCoLC)fst01208380
	Rome (Empire) (OCoLC)fst01204885
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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 bk.)
	9780511017391 (electronic bk.)
	0511031939 (electronic bk. ;) (Adobe Reader)
	9780511031939 (electronic bk. ;) (Adobe Reader)
	9780511483035 (electronic bk.)
	0511483031 (electronic bk.)

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