Hugh E H Davies
Biographic Data
| ID | 6409752 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hugh E H Davies |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hugh E H |
| FAMILY NAME | Davies |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIES H E H |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Designing Roman Roads
The central thesis of this paper is that the Romans used land surveys and maps as integral parts of the road design process. This is not the conventional view, and is in direct contradiction to a fundamental assumption made by the acknowledged master of the subject, I.D. Margary. After praising the achievements of the Roman road builders he writes: ‘...it should be remembered that no maps or compasses were available to them....’ As far as the mag…
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Designing Roman Roads
The central thesis of this paper is that the Romans used land surveys and maps as integral parts of the road design process. This is not the conventional view, and is in direct contradiction to a fundamental assumption made by the acknowledged master of the subject, I.D. Margary. After praising the achievements of the Roman road builders he writes: ‘...it should be remembered that no maps or compasses were available to them....’ As far as the mag…
Aesthetics (1 works) · Architectural engineering (1 works) · Cartography (1 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (1 works) · Compass (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Contradiction (1 works) · Engineering (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Geography (1 works)