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From: moshe@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (Moshe Yudkowsky)
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Subject: Re: Roman missiles?
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Date: 15 Jun 89 03:53:19 GMT
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From: moshe@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (Moshe Yudkowsky)

>[mod.note:  I'll add a book I skimmed several years ago.  "Engineering in
>the Ancient World", as I recall the title; author unknown.  The book
>covered lots of other stuff, such as shipbuilding, architecture,
>roads, plumbing, etc, etc, and also talked about construction of 
>siege engines.  - Bill ]

The book you probably want is the superlative "The Ancient Engineers" by 
L. Sprauge DeCamp.

Read it and weep -- some Roman engineer knew more than you do on how to 
build some of the simplest objects...

[mod.note: Speak for yourself, buddy !  8-)  Anyway, while I'm told
DeCamp is an excellent book, it is not the one to which I refer.  Guess
I'm going to have to get hold of the friend from whom I borrowed it.
- Bill ]

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