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Chersiphron & Son Engineers

Popular Physics 2011-10-27 v1

Abstract

An ancient engineering firm worked successfully in the construction of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The engineers used inclined planes, bags of sand and shafts of columns and architraves as wheels and axels.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1110.5849,
  title  = {Chersiphron & Son Engineers},
  author = {Amelia Carolina Sparavigna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.5849},
  year   = {2011}
}
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