ROMAN AQUEDUCTS & WATER SUPPLY
Written by A. Trevor Hodge
Published by Duckworth
in 2002
ISBN: 0715631713
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (ROMAN)
- GREEK AND ROMAN CIVILISATION
- ROMAN
- WATER
ROMAN AQUEDUCTS & WATER SUPPLY
Written by A. Trevor Hodge.
Stock no. 1829805
2nd.
2002.
Softcover.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Second edition. A comprehensive study that ranges through the Roman aqueducts of France, Germany, Spain, North Africa, Turkey and Israel. Pale green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos & illustrations. viii and 504 pages including index. ISBN: 0715631713. Text block slightly grubby. Name & date in ink to half-title page. Contents clean.
Front cover
Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Predecessors of Rome
- 3. Wells and Cisterns
- 4. The Source
- 5. The Aqueduct
- 6. Engineering Works
- 7. Planning and Surveying
- 8. Hydraulics
- 9. Special Uses
- 10. Urban Distribution
- 11. The Domestic Supply
- 12. Drains and Sewers
- Appendix
- Abbreviations
- Supplementary Bibliography,2002
- Notes
- Index