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The Street of Human Habitations: An Account of Man's Dwelling Places Customs Utensils etc in Prehistoric Times and in Ancient Egypt, Assyria and Chaldea, Phoenicia, Persia, India and Japan
A slightly eccentric compendium of miscellaneous essays relating to the archaeology, religions, dwellings, and customs of widely differing cultures – the Prehistoric (Palaeolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age); the ancient Egyptians; the Assyrians; the Phoenicians; the Persians; and historic India an
A Theatre of Machines
An anthology of fifty-two plates of mechanical inventions dating from 1570 to 1630 and taken from early printed books. Each plate has a facing page of text detailing a history of the invention and an explanation of how the machine or device works and its intended purpose.
