M. Vitruvii, viri suae professionis peritissimi, De architectura libri decem, ad Augustum Caesarem accuratiss. conscripti: & nunc primum in Germania qua potuit diligentia excusi, atque hinc inde schema tibus non iniucundis exornati

Concerning the diverse names of machines, and in what manner they are erected. Chapter III.
A machine similar to the previous one, to which drums can be fitted, having merely changed the pulley to a drum. Chapter IV.
Another type of traction machine. Chapter V.
The ingenious method of Ctesiphon for transporting heavy loads. Chapter VI.
Concerning the invention of the quarry from which the Temple of Diana at Ephesus was built. Chapter VII.
Concerning the extension of machines from a circular form for the lifting of loads. Chapter VIII.
Concerning the types of organs for drawing water, and first concerning the drum. Chapter IX.
Concerning wheels and drums for grinding flour. Chapter X.
Concerning the screw cochlea Archimedean screw which lifts a great quantity of water, but not to a great height. Chapter XI.
Concerning the Ctesibian machine, which lifts water to a great height. Chapter XII.
Concerning hydraulic machines by which organs are perfected. Chapter XIII.
By what means we measure the journey performed when conveyed by carriage or ship. Chapter XIV.
Concerning the principles of catapults and scorpions. Chapter XV.
Concerning the principles of ballistae. Chapter XVI.
Concerning the proportion of stones to be thrown relative to the aperture of the ballista. Chapter XVII.
Concerning the adjustments and tensions of catapults and ballistae. Chapter XVIII.
Concerning siege and defensive equipment, and first concerning the invention of the ram and its machine. Chapter XIX.
Concerning the tortoise testudo a mobile, armored siege shelter prepared for the filling of ditches. Chapter XX.
Concerning other tortoises. Chapter XXI.
The peroration of the whole work. Chapter XXII.

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