Water, air and fire at work in Hero's machines [PDF]
, 2011 Known as the Michanikos, Hero of Alexandria is considered the inventor of the world's first steam engine and of many other sophisticated devices. Here we discuss three of them as described in his book "Pneumatica". These machines, working with water, air
Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina
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Hot mixing: Mechanistic insights into the durability of ancient Roman concrete. [PDF]
Sci Adv, 2023 Seymour LM +5 more
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Vitruvius, Critics, and the Architecture of Worlds
Fafnir, 2019 All works of fiction build imaginary worlds in which they set their stories. What makes genres such as science fiction and fantasy different is that their worlds are often created not as twins to our actual world but as cousins or even distant relatives
Stefan Ekman
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Raman focal point on Roman Egyptian blue elucidates disordered cuprorivaite, green glass phase and trace compounds. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 Dariz P, Schmid T.
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Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2003 Vitruvius’ report that Caryae in Arcadia supported the Persians is credible in the context of other instances of anti-Spartan sentiment in the Peloponnesus.
George Huxley
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Understanding the Cognitive Immersion of Hospitality Architecture in Culture and Nature: Cultural Psychology and Neuroscience Views. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2022 Xie H, Chen Q, Nespoli C, Riso T.
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Architecture of Regionalism in the Age of Globalization: Peaks and Valleys in the Flat World. By Liane Lefaivre and Alexander Tzonis. Routledge, New York, 2011. Review. [PDF]
, 2012 Asselmeyer, Michael
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Lean construction, building information modelling and sustainability [PDF]
This paper investigates the mutual relations of three current drivers of construction: lean construction, building information modelling and sustainability.
Dave, Bhargav, Koskela, Lauri, Owen, Bob
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Teatr Pompejusza w opinii starożytnych autorów pogańskich i chrześcijańskich
Vox Patrum, 1992 Hac in vix brevi dissertatiuncula fontibus allatis abundantissima, quae duobus partibus constat, historia antiquissimi stabilis et celeberrimi Romae theatri, id est Theatri Pompei, proponitur.
Stanisław Longosz
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Pigments and Techniques of Hellenistic Apulian Tomb Painting. [PDF]
Molecules, 2023 Mangone A +5 more
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