Keywords:
Surveying--Greece--Instruments.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
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.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (411 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780511154447
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=201814
DDC:
526.9/093
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- EXPLANATORY NOTES -- CROSS-REFERENCES -- TRANSLATION -- TERMINOLOGY -- GRADIENTS -- MEASURES -- Greek -- Roman -- Islamic -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS -- CHAPTER 1 THE BASIC ELEMENTS -- A. PRECURSORS OF THE GREEKS -- B. MEASURING DISTANCES -- C. ORIENTATION AND RIGHT ANGLES -- D. MEASURING HEIGHTS -- E. LEVELLING -- CHAPTER 2 BACKGROUND TO THE DIOPTRA -- A. THE SIGHTING TUBE -- B. ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS -- C. THE HIPPARCHAN DIOPTRA -- D. THE MEASURING ROD -- E. GAMALIEL'S TUBE -- F. PHILO'S LEVEL AND STAFF -- CHAPTER 3 THE DIOPTRA -- A. THE TREATISES -- i. Hero of Alexandria -- ii. Julius Africanus -- iii. Anonymus Byzantinus -- iv. Al-Karaji -- B. THE SOURCES OF THE TREATISES -- C. THE MINOR SOURCES -- D. THE PLANE ASTROLABE -- E. THE STANDARD DIOPTRA -- F. HERO'S DIOPTRA -- G. LEVELLING -- H. OTHER SURVEYS -- I. CHRONOLOGICAL CONCLUSIONS -- J. TESTING A RECONSTRUCTED DIOPTRA -- CHAPTER 4 THE LIBRA -- A. THE EVIDENCE -- B. TESTING A RECONSTRUCTED LIBRA -- CHAPTER 5 THE GROMA -- A. GRIDS -- B. THE GROMA AND ITS USE -- CHAPTER 6 THE HODOMETER -- PART II PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS -- CHAPTER 7 MEASUREMENT OF THE EARTH -- CHAPTER 8 MOUNTAIN HEIGHTS -- CHAPTER 9 CANALS AND AQUEDUCTS -- A. EARLY CANAL SCHEMES -- B. AQUEDUCT SURVEYING -- C. THE NÎMES AQUEDUCT AND OTHERS -- D. THE CHALLENGES OF SURVEYING -- CHAPTER 10 TUNNELS -- A. CATEGORIES -- B. ALIGNMENT -- C. LEVEL -- D. MEETING -- E. INSTRUMENTS -- CHAPTER 11 ROMAN ROADS -- A. BASIC PRINCIPLES -- B. INTERPOLATION AND EXTRAPOLATION -- C. SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION -- D. DEAD RECKONING -- E. GEOMETRICAL CONSTRUCTION -- F. EXAMPLES -- CHAPTER 12 EPILOGUE -- PART III THE SOURCES -- THE TREATISES -- Hero of Alexandria: Dioptra -- Julius Africanus: Cesti I 15.
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Anonymus Byzantinus: Geodesy -- Al-Karaji: The Search for Hidden Waters XXIII -- OTHER SOURCES -- The basic elements (Chapter 1) -- MEASURING HEIGHTS (CHAPTER 1.D) -- LEVELLING (CHAPTER 1.E) -- Background to the dioptra (Chapter 2) -- GAMALIEL'S TUBE (CHAPTER 2.E) -- PHILO'S LEVEL AND STAFF (CHAPTER 2.F) -- The dioptra (Chapter 3) -- THE SOURCES OF THE TREATISES (CHAPTER 3.B) -- THE MINOR SOURCES (CHAPTER 3.C) -- THE PLANE ASTROLABE (CHAPTER 3.D) -- The libra (Chapter 4) -- The groma (Chapter 5) -- The hodometer (Chapter 6) -- Measurement of the Earth (Chapter 7) -- Mountain heights (Chapter 8) -- Canals and aqueducts (Chapter 9) -- EARLY CANAL SCHEMES (CHAPTER 9.A) -- AQUEDUCT SURVEYING (CHAPTER 9.B) -- THE CHALLENGES OF SURVEYING (CHAPTER 9.D) -- Tunnels (Chapter 10) -- ALIGNMENT (CHAPTER 10.B) -- LEVEL (CHAPTER 10.C) -- Roman roads (Chapter 11) -- APPENDIX UNCERTAIN DEVICES -- A. THE U-TUBE LEVEL -- B. THE DIOPTRA ON A COIN -- C. DODECAHEDRONS -- D. THE 'CROSS-STAFF' -- E. SAGUI'S INSTRUMENTS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
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