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LacusCurtius • Frontinus on the Water Supply of Rome edit / delete

The Latin text, and an older translation. It about ties for readability with the modern one, but it's not as accurate (and it tends to guess when the Latin is clearly gibberish).

to aqueducts engineering frontinus history plumbing rome ... on 06 August 2012

Frontinus Translation Introduction edit / delete

A decent readable modern translation of the classic (i.e. only surviving) work on aqueducts in Ancient Rome. (How did I get here? Frontinus shows up as a character in the Falco books.)

to aqueducts engineering frontinus history plumbing rome ... on 06 August 2012

The History of Sanitary Sewers edit / delete

Having just read Bill Bryson's "At Home", I was looking for more information on London's sewer system (yes, I have no life); this, it appears, is the place to look.

to engineering history plumbing sewer ... on 06 August 2012

micropendous - Project Hosting on Google Code edit / delete

Arduino-compatible boards with more sensible AVRs, including lots of RAM and native USB. This is what the Uno ought to have been.

to arduino avr microcontroller plumbing transterpreter ... on 22 December 2010