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Building in Brick and Stone: The Ziggurat, the Corbel and the True Arch
Four milestones in spanning a gap and standing up, using materials strong in compression and nearly useless in tension.
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Every page in the KEVOS library tagged Ancient Engineering. 5 pages.
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History of Engineering: From the First Cities to the Age of Steam
A structured reference series covering fifty-eight engineering milestones from the first engineered cities to the Rainhill trials, organised by engineering problem rather than b…
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Rome: Pozzolanic Concrete, the Aqueduct and the Engineered Road
Four milestones from the civilisation that industrialised construction: a cement that sets under water, gravity supply at metropolitan scale, roads specified to their duty, and …
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The Greek Contribution: Abstract Geometry, Mechanics and the First Machines
Six milestones including the single most consequential idea in the whole set: that there are general laws and that they can be known.
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Water and Mud: Irrigation, Flood Control and the First Engineered Cities
Engineering begins as a response to water. Four milestones in levees, canals, urban drainage and bringing supply inside the walls.
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