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To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.
Cambridge University Press 2001 Hardcover Very Good in Very Good jacket Near Fine, with small scratch in upper left corner on back of dust jacket; lower tip of back cover slightly bumped. From the library of Prof. John Scarborough, School of Pharmacy and Department of Classics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, with his name and date on front flyleaf.
ISBN10: 0521792975, ISBN13: 9780521792974, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Hardcover Near Fine, with small scratch in upper left corner on back of dust jacket; lower tip of back cover slightly bumped. From the library of Prof. John Scarborough, School of Pharmacy and Department of Classics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, with his name and date on front flyleaf. [Madison, WI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]
Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2001 Hard cover New. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 410 p. Contains: Unspecified, Tables, black & white, Halftones, Maps, Figures.
New. 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. ISBN 0521792975 9780521792974 [GB]
ISBN10: 0521792975, ISBN13: 9780521792974, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Hardcover First Edition Hardcover with dust jacket. Light wear, small amount of writing on inside front board. [Middletown, CT, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]
Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2001 Hard cover New. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 410 p. Contains: Unspecified, Tables, black & white, Halftones, Maps, Figures.
Cambridge University Press. hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521792975 9780521792974 [US]
Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2001 Hard cover New. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 410 p. Contains: Unspecified, Tables, black & white, Halftones, Maps, Figures.
ISBN10: 0521792975, ISBN13: 9780521792974, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - A comprehensive account of ancient surveying instruments together with translations of all the ancient sources. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2001]
ISBN10: 0521792975, ISBN13: 9780521792974, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Hardcover Like New [Redhill, SURRE, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]
ISBN10: 0521792975, ISBN13: 9780521792974, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - A comprehensive account of ancient surveying instruments together with translations of all the ancient sources. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2001]
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