Ten Books on Architecture

Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius, translated by Morris Hicky Morgan

The Ten Books on Architecture (Latin: De architectura "On architecture") is a treatise on architecture written by the Roman architect Vitruvius and dedicated to his patron, the emperor Caesar Augustus as a guide for building projects. The work is one of the most important sources of modern knowledge of Roman building methods as well as the planning and design of structures, both large (aqueducts, buildings, baths, harbours) and small (machines, measuring devices, instruments). He is also the prime source of the famous story of Archimedes and his bath-time discovery. — Excerpted from De architectura on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Contents

Preface
Book I	Page 3
Book II	Page 35
Book III	Page 69
Book IV	Page 101
Book V	Page 129
Book VI	Page 167
Book VII	Page 195
Book VIII	Page 225
Book IX	Page 251
Book X	Page 281
Index	Page 321

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Original:	This work published before January 1, 1923 is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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