Surveying instruments of Greece and Rome:
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) o...
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
| Beschreibung: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) Erscheinungsjahr des E-Books: 2009 |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (XX, 389 S.) Ill., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 9780511483035 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511483035 |
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| contents | Instruments and Methods Precursors of the Greeks Measuring distances Orientation and right angles Measuring heights Levelling Background to the dioptra The sighting tube Astronomical instruments The Hipparchan dioptra The measuring rod Gamaliel's tube Philo's level and staff The dioptra The treatises The sources of the treatises The minor sources The plane astrolabe The standard dioptra Hero's dioptra Other surveys Chronological conclusions Testing a reconstructed dioptra The libra The evidence Testing a reconstructed libra The groma Grids The groma and its use The hodometer Practical Applications Measurement of the earth Mountain heights Canals and aqueducts Early canal schemes Aqueduct surveying The Nimes aqueduct and others The challenges of surveying Tunnels Categories Alignment Level Meeting Instruments Roman roads Interpolation and extrapolation Successive approximation Dead reckoning Geometrical construction The Sources Hero of Alexandria: Dioptra Julius Africanus: Cesti 1 15 Anonymus Byzantinus: Geodesy Al-Karaji: The Search for Hidden Waters XXIII The basic elements (Chapter 1) Background to the dioptra (Chapter 2) The dioptra (Chapter 3) The libra (Chapter 4) The groma (Chapter 5) The hodometer (Chapter 6) Measurement of the earth (Chapter 7) Mountain heights (Chapter 8) |
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| dewey-full | 526.9/093 |
| dewey-hundreds | 500 - Natural sciences and mathematics |
| dewey-ones | 526 - Mathematical geography |
| dewey-raw | 526.9/093 |
| dewey-search | 526.9/093 |
| dewey-sort | 3526.9 293 |
| dewey-tens | 520 - Astronomy and allied sciences |
| discipline | Physik Geschichte Klassische Archäologie |
| doi_str_mv | 10.1017/CBO9780511483035 |
| era | Geschichte 800 v. Chr.-500 gnd |
| era_facet | Geschichte 800 v. Chr.-500 |
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| spelling | Lewis, M. J. T. 1938- Verfasser (DE-588)1029827346 aut Surveying instruments of Greece and Rome M.J.T. Lewis Cambridge Cambridge Univ. Press 2001 1 Online-Ressource (XX, 389 S.) Ill., graph. Darst. txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) Erscheinungsjahr des E-Books: 2009 Instruments and Methods Precursors of the Greeks Measuring distances Orientation and right angles Measuring heights Levelling Background to the dioptra The sighting tube Astronomical instruments The Hipparchan dioptra The measuring rod Gamaliel's tube Philo's level and staff The dioptra The treatises The sources of the treatises The minor sources The plane astrolabe The standard dioptra Hero's dioptra Levelling Other surveys Chronological conclusions Testing a reconstructed dioptra The libra The evidence Testing a reconstructed libra The groma Grids The groma and its use The hodometer Practical Applications Measurement of the earth Mountain heights Canals and aqueducts Early canal schemes Aqueduct surveying The Nimes aqueduct and others The challenges of surveying Tunnels Categories Alignment Level Meeting Instruments Roman roads Interpolation and extrapolation Successive approximation Dead reckoning Geometrical construction The Sources The treatises Hero of Alexandria: Dioptra Julius Africanus: Cesti 1 15 Anonymus Byzantinus: Geodesy Al-Karaji: The Search for Hidden Waters XXIII The basic elements (Chapter 1) Background to the dioptra (Chapter 2) The dioptra (Chapter 3) The libra (Chapter 4) The groma (Chapter 5) The hodometer (Chapter 6) Measurement of the earth (Chapter 7) Mountain heights (Chapter 8) 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 Geschichte 800 v. Chr.-500 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte Surveying / Greece / Instruments Surveying / Rome / Instruments Surveying / History Quelle (DE-588)4135952-5 gnd rswk-swf Geodätisches Instrument (DE-588)4020207-0 gnd rswk-swf Vermessung (DE-588)4063048-1 gnd rswk-swf Geodäsie (DE-588)4020202-1 gnd rswk-swf Methode (DE-588)4038971-6 gnd rswk-swf Griechenland Rom Römisches Reich (DE-588)4076778-4 gnd rswk-swf Griechenland Altertum (DE-588)4093976-5 gnd rswk-swf Griechenland Altertum (DE-588)4093976-5 g Geodätisches Instrument (DE-588)4020207-0 s DE-604 Römisches Reich (DE-588)4076778-4 g Geschichte 800 v. Chr.-500 z Quelle (DE-588)4135952-5 s Vermessung (DE-588)4063048-1 s Methode (DE-588)4038971-6 s Geodäsie (DE-588)4020202-1 s Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 978-0-521-79297-4 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 978-0-521-11065-5 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 0-521-79297-5 (DE-604)BV013536298 https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511483035 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Lewis, M. J. T. 1938- Surveying instruments of Greece and Rome Instruments and Methods Precursors of the Greeks Measuring distances Orientation and right angles Measuring heights Levelling Background to the dioptra The sighting tube Astronomical instruments The Hipparchan dioptra The measuring rod Gamaliel's tube Philo's level and staff The dioptra The treatises The sources of the treatises The minor sources The plane astrolabe The standard dioptra Hero's dioptra Other surveys Chronological conclusions Testing a reconstructed dioptra The libra The evidence Testing a reconstructed libra The groma Grids The groma and its use The hodometer Practical Applications Measurement of the earth Mountain heights Canals and aqueducts Early canal schemes Aqueduct surveying The Nimes aqueduct and others The challenges of surveying Tunnels Categories Alignment Level Meeting Instruments Roman roads Interpolation and extrapolation Successive approximation Dead reckoning Geometrical construction The Sources Hero of Alexandria: Dioptra Julius Africanus: Cesti 1 15 Anonymus Byzantinus: Geodesy Al-Karaji: The Search for Hidden Waters XXIII The basic elements (Chapter 1) Background to the dioptra (Chapter 2) The dioptra (Chapter 3) The libra (Chapter 4) The groma (Chapter 5) The hodometer (Chapter 6) Measurement of the earth (Chapter 7) Mountain heights (Chapter 8) Geschichte Surveying / Greece / Instruments Surveying / Rome / Instruments Surveying / History Quelle (DE-588)4135952-5 gnd Geodätisches Instrument (DE-588)4020207-0 gnd Vermessung (DE-588)4063048-1 gnd Geodäsie (DE-588)4020202-1 gnd Methode (DE-588)4038971-6 gnd |
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| title | Surveying instruments of Greece and Rome |
| title_alt | Instruments and Methods Precursors of the Greeks Measuring distances Orientation and right angles Measuring heights Levelling Background to the dioptra The sighting tube Astronomical instruments The Hipparchan dioptra The measuring rod Gamaliel's tube Philo's level and staff The dioptra The treatises The sources of the treatises The minor sources The plane astrolabe The standard dioptra Hero's dioptra Other surveys Chronological conclusions Testing a reconstructed dioptra The libra The evidence Testing a reconstructed libra The groma Grids The groma and its use The hodometer Practical Applications Measurement of the earth Mountain heights Canals and aqueducts Early canal schemes Aqueduct surveying The Nimes aqueduct and others The challenges of surveying Tunnels Categories Alignment Level Meeting Instruments Roman roads Interpolation and extrapolation Successive approximation Dead reckoning Geometrical construction The Sources Hero of Alexandria: Dioptra Julius Africanus: Cesti 1 15 Anonymus Byzantinus: Geodesy Al-Karaji: The Search for Hidden Waters XXIII The basic elements (Chapter 1) Background to the dioptra (Chapter 2) The dioptra (Chapter 3) The libra (Chapter 4) The groma (Chapter 5) The hodometer (Chapter 6) Measurement of the earth (Chapter 7) Mountain heights (Chapter 8) |
| title_auth | Surveying instruments of Greece and Rome |
| title_exact_search | Surveying instruments of Greece and Rome |
| title_full | Surveying instruments of Greece and Rome M.J.T. Lewis |
| title_fullStr | Surveying instruments of Greece and Rome M.J.T. Lewis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Surveying instruments of Greece and Rome M.J.T. Lewis |
| title_short | Surveying instruments of Greece and Rome |
| title_sort | surveying instruments of greece and rome |
| topic | Geschichte Surveying / Greece / Instruments Surveying / Rome / Instruments Surveying / History Quelle (DE-588)4135952-5 gnd Geodätisches Instrument (DE-588)4020207-0 gnd Vermessung (DE-588)4063048-1 gnd Geodäsie (DE-588)4020202-1 gnd Methode (DE-588)4038971-6 gnd |
| topic_facet | Geschichte Surveying / Greece / Instruments Surveying / Rome / Instruments Surveying / History Quelle Geodätisches Instrument Vermessung Geodäsie Methode Griechenland Rom Römisches Reich Griechenland Altertum |
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