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Book 1: First Principles and the Layout of Cities
CHAPTER 1: THE EDUCATION OF THE ARCHITECT
CHAPTER 2: THE TERMS OF ARCHITECTURE
CHAPTER 3: THE DIVISIONS OF ARCHITECTURE
CHAPTER 4: THE CHOICE OF A HEALTHFUL SITE
CHAPTER 5: CONSTRUCTION OF CITY WALLS
CHAPTER 7: ALLOCATION OF PUBLIC SPACES
Book 2: Building Materials
CHAPTER 1: THE INVENTION OF THE ARTS AND OF BUILDING
CHAPTER 2: FIRST PRINCIPLES (FIGURE 30)
CHAPTER 3: MUD-BRICK MASONRY (FIGURE 31)
CHAPTER 4: SAND FOR CONCRETE MASONRY
CHAPTER 5: LIME FOR CONCRETE MASONRY
CHAPTER 6: POZZOLANA FOR CONCRETE MASONRY
CHAPTER 7: STONE FOR CONCRETE MASONRY
CHAPTER 8: STYLES OF CONCRETE MASONRY, STONE MASONRY
CHAPTER 10: THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCATION IN TIMBER GROWTH
PREFACE: JUDGMENT OF ARTISTIC SKILL
CHAPTER 1: FIRST PRINCIPLES OF SYMMETRY
CHAPTER 2: TEMPLE TYPES (FIGURE 39)
CHAPTER 3: THE SPECIES OF TEMPLES
CHAPTER 4: TEMPLE CONSTRUCTION
CHAPTER 5: IONIC COLUMN BASES, CAPITALS, AND ENTABLATURES
Book 4: Corinthian, Doric, and Tuscan Temples
CHAPTER 1: THE DISCOVERY OF SYMMETRIES
CHAPTER 2: ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENT
CHAPTER 3: DORIC SYMMETRIES
CHAPTER 4: TEMPLE INTERIORS
CHAPTER 6: TEMPLE DOORS AND DOORWAYS
CHAPTER 7: THE TUSCAN TEMPLE (FIGURE 73)
CHAPTER 8: ROUND TEMPLES (FIGURE 74)
CHAPTER 1: THE FORUM, BASILICAS
CHAPTER 2: OTHER FEATURES OF THE FORUM
CHAPTER 4: HARMONIC PRINCIPLES (FIGURE 81)
CHAPTER 5: THE ECHEA, SOUNDING VESSELS IN THEATERS (FIGURE 82)
CHAPTER 6: THEATER DESIGN
CHAPTER 7: GREEK THEATERS (FIGURE 84)
CHAPTER 8: THE SITING OF THEATERS
CHAPTER 10: BATHS (FIGURE 86)
CHAPTER 11: PALAESTRAS (FIGURE 88)
CHAPTER 12: PORTS (FIGURE 89)
Book 6: Private Buildings
CHAPTER 1: LATITUDES AND PEOPLES
CHAPTER 2: THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPORTION AND OPTICS
CHAPTER 3: INTERIORS (CAVAEDIA) (FIGURE 91)
CHAPTER 4: ORIENTATION OF ROOMS
CHAPTER 5: CORRECTNESS (DECOR)
CHAPTER 6: RURAL BUILDINGS (FIGURE 95)
CHAPTER 7: GREEK HOUSES (FIGURE 97)
CHAPTER 8: CONSTRUCTION: RELIEVING ARCHES, SUBSTRUCTURES, RETAINING WALLS
CHAPTER 1: FLOORING (FIGURE 100)
CHAPTER 3: CEILINGS (FIGURE 102)
CHAPTER 4: PLASTERWORK IN DAMP LOCATIONS (FIGURE 103)
CHAPTER 5: CORRECTNESS IN PAINTING: GENERAL REMARKS
CHAPTER 9: THE PROCESSING OF CINNABAR
CHAPTER 10: COMPOUND PIGMENTS
CHAPTER 12: WHITE LEAD AND VERDIGRIS
CHAPTER 14: SUBSTITUTE PIGMENTS
CHAPTER 2: RAINWATER, RIVER WATER (FIGURE 106)
CHAPTER 5: LEVELING: THE CHOROBATE
Book 9: Sundials and Clocks
CHAPTER 1: THE COSMOS (FIGURE 111)
CHAPTER 4: CONSTELLATIONS TO THE RIGHT OF THE RISING SUN (FIGURE 113)
CHAPTER 5: CONSTELLATIONS TO THE LEFT OF THE RISING SUN (FIGURE 113)
CHAPTER 6: THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY
CHAPTER 7: MAKING THE ANALÊMMA (FIGURES 114, 115)
CHAPTER 8: SUNDIALS AND WATER CLOCKS
CHAPTER 1: FIRST PRINCIPLES (FIGURE 118)
CHAPTER 2: CRANES AND HOISTS (FIGURE 119)
CHAPTER 3: ALL MACHINES USE TWO TYPES OF MOTION (FIGURE 123)
CHAPTER 5: AN UNDERSHOT WATER WHEEL (FIGURE 126)
CHAPTER 6: THE WATER SCREW (FIGURE 127)
CHAPTER 7: THE WATER PUMP OF CTESIBIUS
CHAPTER 8: THE WATER ORGAN OF CTESIBIUS (FIGURE 129)
CHAPTER 9: THE HODOMETER (FIGURE 130)
CHAPTER 10: CATAPULTS (FIGURE 131)
CHAPTER 11: BALLISTAE (FIGURE 132)
CHAPTER 12: TUNING WAR MACHINES (FIGURE 133)
CHAPTER 13: DIADES AND HIS SIEGE ENGINES
CHAPTER 14: SIEGE ENGINES OF VITRUVIUS AND HIS TEACHERS (FIGURE 136)
CHAPTER 15: MORE SIEGE ENGINES
CHAPTER 16: DEFENSIVE STRATAGEMS
Vitruvius: 'Ten Books on Architecture'
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