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Vitruvius · 1511

On the stars which are from the zodiac to the south. Chapter VII.
On the rules of clocks and the shadows of gnomons at the equinoctial time, at Rome, and in certain other places. Chapter VIII.
On the theory of clocks, their use, their invention, and by whom they were invented. Chapter IX.
CHAPTERS OF THE TENTH BOOK.
On what a machine is and its difference from an organ in this context, a mechanical device or tool in origin and necessity. Chapter I.
On the tractory machines for sacred and public works. Chapter II.
On the diverse appellations of machines, and by what method they are erected. Chapter III.
A machine similar to the previous one, to which greater loads original: "colossicotera" can be entrusted, changing only the tackle original: "fucula" into a drum. Chapter IV.
Another type of tractory machine. Chapter V.
The ingenious method of Ctesiphon for transporting heavy loads. Chapter VI.
On the invention of the quarry from which the Temple of Diana at Ephesus was constructed. Chapter VII.
On the extension and rounding of machines for the lifting of loads. Chapter VIII.
On the types of organs mechanical devices for drawing water and first of the drum. Chapter IX.
On wheels and drums for grinding flour. Chapter X.
On the screw which raises water in great quantity, but not as high. Chapter XI.
On the Ctesibian machine referencing the invention of Ctesibius of Alexandria which raises water to a great height. Chapter XII.
On hydraulic machines by which organs musical water-organs are perfected. Chapter XIII.
By what method we may measure a journey performed by chariot or ship. Chapter XIV.
On catapults and scorpions. Chapter XV.
On the principles of ballistae. Chapter XVI.
On the proportion of stones to be thrown to the opening of the ballista. Chapter XVII.
On the tensions and tempering of catapults and ballistae. Chapter XVIII.
On the affairs of the attacker and the defender, and first on the invention of the battering ram and its machine. Chapter XIX.
On the tortoise a mobile protective shed prepared for the filling of trenches. Chapter XX.
On other tortoises. Chapter XXI.
Epilogue of the whole work. Chapter XXII.