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Little.Egret · 05-23-2014, 10:34 AM

I notes that 32 reprints from pergamum are free for a few days

http://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-a...isher=Pergamum
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=searc...isher=Pergamum
http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-...isher=Pergamum

They include The Architecture of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (Illustrated) by
Vitruvius

This is the first known book on architecture and civil engineering - usually
known as Vitruvius's Seven Books on Architecture.

He notes that white lead is known to be bad for you and hence suggests water
pipes should be fired clay not lead. Everybody ignored this and the Tudors
supplied Hampton Court water through a lead pipe (from across the river,
Google [Kingston Conduit House]).

Also
The Annals of Roger de Hoveden: Comprising the History of England and Of
Other Countries of Europe from A.D. 732 to A.D. 1201. All Volumes By Roger
de Hoveden

And

The Life and Work of St. Paul F.W. Farrar (800 page biography)

05-23-2014, 10:34 AM	#102
Little.Egret Wizard Posts: 3,168 Karma: 37800000 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G, Kindle Fire 2, NOOK ST, Kindle HDX, Fire 7"	I notes that 32 reprints from pergamum are free for a few days http://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-a...isher=Pergamum http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=searc...isher=Pergamum http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-...isher=Pergamum They include The Architecture of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (Illustrated) by Vitruvius This is the first known book on architecture and civil engineering - usually known as Vitruvius's Seven Books on Architecture. He notes that white lead is known to be bad for you and hence suggests water pipes should be fired clay not lead. Everybody ignored this and the Tudors supplied Hampton Court water through a lead pipe (from across the river, Google [Kingston Conduit House]). Also The Annals of Roger de Hoveden: Comprising the History of England and Of Other Countries of Europe from A.D. 732 to A.D. 1201. All Volumes By Roger de Hoveden And The Life and Work of St. Paul F.W. Farrar (800 page biography)