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Vitruvius · 1511

On flooring. Chapter I.
On the maceration of lime for finishing works and plastering. Chapter II.
On the arrangement of vaulted ceilings, stucco work, and plastering. Chapter III.
On polishing in damp locations. Chapter IV.
On the method of painting in buildings. Chapter V.
On how marble is prepared for plastering. Chapter VI.
On colors, and first, on ochre. Chapter VII.
On the methods of minium red lead. Chapter VIII.
On the temperature of minium. Chapter IX.
On flowers that are made by art. Chapter X.
On the tempering of ceruse white lead. Chapter XI.
How ceruse, verdigris, and sandarac a red resinous pigment are made. Chapter XII.
How the most excellent of artificial colors, ostrum purple dye, is made. Chapter XIII.
On purple colors. Chapter XIV.
On the discovery of water. Chapter I.
On rainwater. Chapter II.
On warm springs and the powers they have from various metals. Chapter III.
On the nature of other springs, rivers, and lakes. Chapter IV.
On the testing of waters. Chapter V.
On the conveyance and leveling of waters and the instruments for this use. Chapter VI.
In how many ways water may be led. Chapter VII.
The invention of Eratosthenes on land surveying. Chapter I.
On the rule of the Pythagoreans from the deformation of the right-angled triangle. Chapter II.
How a portion of silver mixed with gold can be detected and discerned in a finished work referencing the Archimedean method. Chapter III.
On the principles of gnomonics, discovered from the rays of the sun through shadows, and on the world and the planets. Chapter IV.
On the course of the sun through the twelve signs. Chapter V.
On the stars which are from the zodiac to the north. Chapter VI.