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Vitruvius · 1543

An illustrated representation, built and decorated in the Greek manner, which is called Cyzicene. Page 154.
Rooms with heating, such as the bathing rooms of the Laconian type and furnaces hypocausta underfloor heating systems. Page 181.
The figure for [finding] the subsidence of water from terrestrial vapors by lying upon the teeth likely referring to a level-testing device. Page 186.
The diverse illustration of aqueducts, so that they might have the flowing abundance of rural produce, and no less the necessary supplement for the safety of walls in cities. Page 201.
Archimedes’ wonderful discovery, how he detected that gold was mixed with silver. Page 209.
The figure of other machines for the lifting and removing of heavier loads. Page 232.
Traction machines for the lifting of loads, with which they are moved quickly and expeditiously. Page 234.
A drum organ for drawing water. Page 240.
A wheel surrounded by small buckets, with which water is lifted higher. Page 242.
A wheel by which water is received in more elevated places by pipes hanging from an iron chain. Page 242.
A wheel for taking water from rivers, and suited for grinding flour. Page 243.