Hydraulics

Notes:

• Notes on Overview of Roman Hydraulics

• Notes on Arches

• Notes on Aqueducts

• Notes on Thermae/Baths

• Notes on Water Screws and Water Wheels

• Report on Virtual Reality Field Trip

Videos to watch:

• How an arch works

• More on Arches

• How a siphon works

• How to make a small water wheel

• A Simple Water Screw Experiment

• History Channel's Engineering an Empire: Rome

• What's a HYDRAULUS?

• How a shaduf works and A Shaduf in action

Further reading:

• Overview of Roman Architecture

• Website about all the existing Roman aqueducts

• Article: A wonderful overview of Aqueducts by National Geographic

• Official Website of the Roman Baths in England

• Dr. Garrett Fagan's amazing book: Bathing in Public in the Roman World

• Dr. John Peter Oleson's Greek and Roman Mechanical Water-Lifting Devices: The History of a Technology

• Article: A university in the USA tests a water screw

• Article: The Mines that Built Empires about the Riotinto mining complex in Spain

• Article: Pee and Laundry in the Ancient World

• Overview of Roman Fulleries

Let's review:

• Quizlet set on hydraulics

• Test Review and Practice Test