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  • Vitruvius. The Ten Books on Architecture.

    Translated by Morris Hicky Morgan.

    Series series Elibron Classics
    Elibron Classics Series. This is a digitized replica of 1914 edition by Harvard University Press, Cambridge. This is an Illustrated edition.This is the only full treatise on architecture and its related arts to survive from classical antiquity, the Architecture libri decem (Ten Books on Architecture) is the single most important work of architectural history in the Western world, having shaped ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    In De architectura (c.40 BC), Vitruvius discusses in ten encyclopedic chapters aspects of Roman architecture, engineering and city planning. Vitruvius also included a section on human proportions. Because it is the only antique treatise on architecture to have survived, De architectura has been an invaluable source of information for scholars. The rediscovery of Vitruvius during the Renaissance ... Read more

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  • On Old Age

    by Cicero ...
    Its an essay on old age and death. Its rational and philosophical subject matter is embellished by beautiful language. This book is a luminous substantiation of Ciceros meticulous emblematic style. It is still popular as Ciceros powerful commentary over a very momentous issue of growing age with explanatory notes is astounding. Timeless! ... Read more

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  • The Practical Gold-Worker, or, The Goldsmith's and Jeweller's Instructor in the Art of Alloying, Melting, Reducing, Colouring, Collecting, and Refining

    The Progress of Manipulation, Recovery of Waste, Chemical and Physical Properties of Gold; With a New System of Mixing its Alloys; Solders, Enamels, and Other Useful Rules and Recipes.

    by George E. Gee ...
    “The Practical Gold-Worker” is a comprehensive handbook designed for goldsmiths and jewellers, containing information on alloying, melting, reducing, colouring, collecting, refining, and much more. Clearly written and beginner-friendly, this volume is ideal for students and apprentices. Contents include: “Gold; Its History and Sources of Supply”, “Properties of Gold”, “Various Qualities and Alloys ... Read more

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  • Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley

    "Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley" is a seminal work that explores the rich archaeological heritage of the Mississippi River region. Authored by E. H. Davis and E. G. Squier, the book meticulously documents the various earthworks and mounds constructed by ancient Native American cultures. Through detailed descriptions and illustrations, the authors provide insights into the social and ... Read more

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  • Roman Farm Management: The Treatises of Cato and Varro

    Marcus Porcius Cato (234 BC, Tusculum – 149 BC) was a Roman statesman, commonly referred to as Censorius (the Censor), Sapiens (the Wise), Priscus (the Ancient), or Major, Cato the Elder, or Cato the Censor, to distinguish him from his great-grandson, Cato the Younger.His manual on running a farm (De Agricultura or "On Farming")contained herein is his only work that survives completely. It is a ... Read more

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  • An Introduction to Entomology

    One principal cause of the little attention paid to Entomology in this country, has doubtless been the ridicule so often thrown upon the science. The botanist, sheltered now by the sanction of fashion, as formerly by the prescriptive union of his study with medicine, may dedicate his hours to mosses and lichens without reproach; but in the minds of most men, the learned as well as the vulgar, the ... Read more

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  • Military Pyrotechnics of Former Days, Illustrated

    by Jacob Abbott ...
    This is a brief essay and early military pyrotechnics, Greek Fire, and the transition to gunpowder. ... Read more

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  • The Earth as Modified by Human Action

    The object of the present volume is: to indicate the character and, approximately, the extent of the changes produced by human action in the physical conditions of the globe we inhabit; to point out the dangers of imprudence and the necessity of caution in all operations which, on a large scale, interfere with the spontaneous arrangements of the organic or the inorganic world; to suggest the ... Read more

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  • An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius

    IT’s related by Historians, That Men, who in former times inhabited Woods and Caverns like wild Beasts, first assembled themselves to make Houses and Cities, which was occasioned by a Forest that was set on fire, which drew all the Inhabitants together by its novelty and surprizing effects; so that many Men meeting together in the same place, they found out means, by helping one another, to ... Read more

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  • Vitruvius: 'Ten Books on Architecture'

    by Vitruvius ...
    The only full treatise on architecture and its related arts to survive from classical antiquity, the De Architectura libri decem (Ten Books on Architecture) is the single most important work of architectural history in the Western world, having shaped humanist architecture and the image of the architect from the Renaissance to the present. This new, critical edition of Vitruvius' Ten Books of ... Read more

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  • Roman Building Techniques

    by Tony Rook ...
    Building and architecture flourished throughout the Roman Empire. The Romans discovered new techniques to solve problems but also to impress the world. They built aqueducts to bring water into their cities and towns, grand baths for cleansing and socialising, and elaborate villas for the cream of their society. In this book, scientist and archaeologist Tony Rook takes the reader through Roman ... Read more

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