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Vitruvius · 1543

On the diverse names of machines, and in what manner they are erected. Chapter III.
A machine similar to the previous one, to which heavier weights can be committed more safely, only with the pulley changed into a drum. Chapter IV.
Another type of traction machine. Chapter V.
The ingenious method of Ctesiphon for moving heavy loads. Chapter VI.
On the discovery of the stone quarry from which the temple of Diana at Ephesus was built. Chapter VII.
On the reaching and rounding of machines for the lifting of loads. Chapter VIII.
On types of organs for drawing water, and first on the drum. Chapter IX.
On wheels and drums for grinding flour. Chapter X.
On the screw which lifts a great quantity of water, but not to a great height. Chapter XI.
On the Ctesibian machine, which lifts water very high. Chapter XII.
On hydraulic machines by which organs are perfected. Chapter XIII.
By what manner we may measure a journey completed while carried by carriage or ship. Chapter XIV.
On the methods of catapults and scorpions. Chapter XV.
On the methods of ballistae. Chapter XVI.
On the proportion of stones to be thrown to the opening of a ballista. Chapter XVII.
On the tensions and temperings of catapults and ballistae. Chapter XVIII.
On siege and defensive things, and first on the invention of the ram, and its machine. Chapter XIX.
On the tortoise to be prepared for the filling of ditches. Chapter XX.
On other tortoises. Chapter XXI.
The peroration of the whole work. Chapter XXII.
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