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- PublisherIFPO
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 2901315348
- ISBN 13 9782901315346
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages240
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LES NORIAS DE L'ORONTE. ANALYSE TECHNOLOGIQUE D'UN ELEMENT DU PATRIMOINE SYRIEN
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Institut Francais De Damas, Damas
(1997)
ISBN 10: 2901315348
ISBN 13: 9782901315346
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. First Edition. 240 pp; publisher's original wrappers, various b/w photographs, numerous maps & illustrations, 52 color plates hors text, biblio, summary. Ouvrage publie avec le concours de la Direction Generale des Relations Culturelles, Scientifiques et Techniques du Ministere Francais des Affaires Etrangeres, de la direction internationale d'Electricite de France et de la societe ELF Hydrocarbures. PIFD 165. copy new in mint condition. On one section of the Syrian Middle-Orontes, the river's characteristics have allowed the utilization of the " stream noria", the most elegant of hydraulic devices, in order to meet all water requirements. A study of the water-wheels which exist on the Orontes River. Master craftsmen from the city of Hama continue, today as in the past, to insure their maintenance, repair, and reconstruction, They remain the only guardians of a know-how transmitted from generation to generation within their age-gold guild. The book is a comprehensive study of the complete assembling process of these wheels and analyzes each of its constituent elements. Many sketches and drawings as well as abundant photographs illustrate all the book's themes. Seller Inventory # 7445
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