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Ancient perspectives : maps and their place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome / / edited by Richard J. A. Talbert
| Ancient perspectives : maps and their place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome / / edited by Richard J. A. Talbert |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago ; ; London : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
| Disciplina | 526.09/01 |
| Collana | The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography |
| Soggetto topico |
Cartography - Iraq - History
Cartography - Egypt - History Cartography - Greece - History Cartography - Rome - History Geography, Ancient Surveying - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-226-78940-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The expression of terrestrial and celestial order in ancient Mesopotamia by / Francesca Rochberg -- From topography to cosmos: ancient Egypt's multiple maps / by David O'Connor -- Mapping the world: Greek initiatives from Homer to Eratosthenes / by Georgia L. Irby -- Ptolemy's geography: mapmaking and the scientific enterprise / by Alexander Jones -- Greek and Roman surveying and surveying instruments / by Michael Lewis -- Urbs Roma to orbis romanus: Roman mapping on the grand scale / by Richard J.A. Talbert -- Putting the world in order: mapping in Roman texts / by Benet Salway. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463654003321 |
| Chicago ; ; London : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2012] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ancient perspectives : maps and their place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome / / edited by Richard J. A. Talbert
| Ancient perspectives : maps and their place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome / / edited by Richard J. A. Talbert |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago ; ; London : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
| Disciplina | 526.09/01 |
| Collana | The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography |
| Soggetto topico |
Cartography - Iraq - History
Cartography - Egypt - History Cartography - Greece - History Cartography - Rome - History Geography, Ancient Surveying - History |
| Soggetto non controllato | history, historical, maps, mapmaking, cartography, cartographer, mesopotamia, egypt, greece, rome, italy, africa, fertile crescent, time period, era, europe, millennium, bce, civilization, culture, cultural, antiquity, analysis, ptolemy, world, global, alexandria, mesopotamian, city planning, roman, aqueducts, roads, surveying, essay collection, anthology |
| ISBN | 0-226-78940-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The expression of terrestrial and celestial order in ancient Mesopotamia by / Francesca Rochberg -- From topography to cosmos: ancient Egypt's multiple maps / by David O'Connor -- Mapping the world: Greek initiatives from Homer to Eratosthenes / by Georgia L. Irby -- Ptolemy's geography: mapmaking and the scientific enterprise / by Alexander Jones -- Greek and Roman surveying and surveying instruments / by Michael Lewis -- Urbs Roma to orbis romanus: Roman mapping on the grand scale / by Richard J.A. Talbert -- Putting the world in order: mapping in Roman texts / by Benet Salway. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789072203321 |
| Chicago ; ; London : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2012] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Ancient perspectives : maps and their place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome / / edited by Richard J. A. Talbert
| Ancient perspectives : maps and their place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome / / edited by Richard J. A. Talbert |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago ; ; London : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
| Disciplina | 526.09/01 |
| Collana | The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography |
| Soggetto topico |
Cartography - Iraq - History
Cartography - Egypt - History Cartography - Greece - History Cartography - Rome - History Geography, Ancient Surveying - History |
| Soggetto non controllato | history, historical, maps, mapmaking, cartography, cartographer, mesopotamia, egypt, greece, rome, italy, africa, fertile crescent, time period, era, europe, millennium, bce, civilization, culture, cultural, antiquity, analysis, ptolemy, world, global, alexandria, mesopotamian, city planning, roman, aqueducts, roads, surveying, essay collection, anthology |
| ISBN | 0-226-78940-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The expression of terrestrial and celestial order in ancient Mesopotamia by / Francesca Rochberg -- From topography to cosmos: ancient Egypt's multiple maps / by David O'Connor -- Mapping the world: Greek initiatives from Homer to Eratosthenes / by Georgia L. Irby -- Ptolemy's geography: mapmaking and the scientific enterprise / by Alexander Jones -- Greek and Roman surveying and surveying instruments / by Michael Lewis -- Urbs Roma to orbis romanus: Roman mapping on the grand scale / by Richard J.A. Talbert -- Putting the world in order: mapping in Roman texts / by Benet Salway. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821243903321 |
| Chicago ; ; London : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2012] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Surveying instruments of Greece and Rome / / M.J.T. Lewis [[electronic resource]]
| Surveying instruments of Greece and Rome / / M.J.T. Lewis [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Lewis M. J. T. <1938-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 389 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 526.9/093 |
| Soggetto topico |
Surveying - Greece - Instruments
Surveying - Rome - Instruments Surveying - History |
| ISBN |
1-107-12208-2
0-521-11065-3 9786610432974 0-511-17450-0 1-280-43297-7 0-511-48303-1 0-511-15444-5 0-511-04720-7 0-511-32834-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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). |
| Altri titoli varianti | Surveying Instruments of Greece & Rome |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454845203321 |
Lewis M. J. T. <1938->
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Surveying instruments of Greece and Rome / / M.J.T. Lewis [[electronic resource]]
| Surveying instruments of Greece and Rome / / M.J.T. Lewis [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Lewis M. J. T. <1938-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 389 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 526.9/093 |
| Soggetto topico |
Surveying - Greece - Instruments
Surveying - Rome - Instruments Surveying - History |
| ISBN |
1-107-12208-2
0-521-11065-3 9786610432974 0-511-17450-0 1-280-43297-7 0-511-48303-1 0-511-15444-5 0-511-04720-7 0-511-32834-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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). |
| Altri titoli varianti | Surveying Instruments of Greece & Rome |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779920603321 |
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Lewis M. J. T. <1938->
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Surveying instruments of Greece and Rome / / M.J.T. Lewis
| Surveying instruments of Greece and Rome / / M.J.T. Lewis |
| Autore | Lewis M. J. T. <1938-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 389 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 526.9/093 |
| Soggetto topico |
Surveying - Greece - Instruments
Surveying - Rome - Instruments Surveying - History |
| ISBN |
1-107-12208-2
0-521-11065-3 9786610432974 0-511-17450-0 1-280-43297-7 0-511-48303-1 0-511-15444-5 0-511-04720-7 0-511-32834-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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). |
| Altri titoli varianti | Surveying Instruments of Greece & Rome |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911103079203321 |
|
Lewis M. J. T. <1938->
|
||
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Surveying instruments of Greece and Rome / / M.J.T. Lewis
| Surveying instruments of Greece and Rome / / M.J.T. Lewis |
| Autore | Lewis M. J. T. <1938-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 389 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 526.9/093 |
| Soggetto topico |
Surveying - Greece - Instruments
Surveying - Rome - Instruments Surveying - History |
| ISBN |
1-107-12208-2
0-521-11065-3 9786610432974 0-511-17450-0 1-280-43297-7 0-511-48303-1 0-511-15444-5 0-511-04720-7 0-511-32834-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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). |
| Altri titoli varianti | Surveying Instruments of Greece & Rome |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911148398003321 |
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Lewis M. J. T. <1938->
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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