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> [The difference between "machines" and "engines" is obviously this, that machines need more workmen and greater power to make them take effect, as for instance ballistae and the beams of presses. Engines, on the other hand, accomplish their purpose at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/the-difference-between-machines-and-engines-is-obviously-this-that/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

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> [Music, also, the architect ought to understand so that he may have knowledge of the canonical and mathematical theory, and besides be able to tune ballistae , catapultae, and scorpiones to the proper key. For to the right and left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/music-also-the-architect-ought-to-understand-so-that-he-may-have/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

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## Other authors on Beam

## More by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

> [ Leave a cavity behind the \[wall\] facings, and on the inside build walls two feet thick, made of red dimension stone or burnt brick… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/leave-a-cavity-behind-the-wall-facings-and-on-the-inside-build-walls/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

> [Bricks should be made in Spring or Autumn so that they may dry uniformly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/bricks-should-be-made-in-spring-or-autumn-so-that-they-may-dry/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

> [It is no secret that the moon has no light of her own, but is, as it were, a mirror, receiving brightness from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/it-is-no-secret-that-the-moon-has-no-light-of-her-own-but-is-as-it/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

> [Burn shavings and splinters of pitch pine, and when they turn to charcoal, put them out, and pound them into mortar with size. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/burn-shavings-and-splinters-of-pitch-pine-and-when-they-turn-to/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

> [With the ripening of the fruits in Autumn the leaves begin to wither and the trees, taking up their sap from the earth through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/with-the-ripening-of-the-fruits-in-autumn-the-leaves-begin-to-wither/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

> [Astronomers have a common ground for discussion with musicians in the harmony of the stars and musical concords in tetrads and triads of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/astronomers-have-a-common-ground-for-discussion-with-musicians-in-the/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

> [The difference between "machines" and "engines" is obviously this, that machines need more workmen and greater power to make them take effect, as for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/the-difference-between-machines-and-engines-is-obviously-this-that/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

> [ The \[engineer\] should be equipped with knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds of learning, for it is by his judgement that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/the-engineer-should-be-equipped-with-knowledge-of-many-branches-of/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

> [ All these soft kinds \[of stone\] have the advantage that they can be easily worked as soon as they have been taken from the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/all-these-soft-kinds-of-stone-have-the-advantage-that-they-can-be/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

> [Apollo at Delphi, through the oracular utterance of his priestess, pronounced Socrates the wisest of men. Of him it is related that he said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/apollo-at-delphi-through-the-oracular-utterance-of-his-priestess/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

> [Music, also, the architect ought to understand so that he may have knowledge of the canonical and mathematical theory, and besides be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/music-also-the-architect-ought-to-understand-so-that-he-may-have/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

> [Architecture depends on Order, Arrangement, Eurythmy, Symmetry , Propriety , and Economy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/architecture-depends-on-order-arrangement-eurythmy-symmetry-propriety/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

> [In all matters but particularly in architecture, that which is signified is the subject of which we may be speaking and that which gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/in-all-matters-but-particularly-in-architecture-that-which-is/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

> [In felling a tree we should cut into the trunk of it to the very heart, and then leave it standing so that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/in-felling-a-tree-we-should-cut-into-the-trunk-of-it-to-the-very/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

> [In fact, all kinds of men, and not merely architects, can recognize a good piece of work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/in-fact-all-kinds-of-men-and-not-merely-architects-can-recognize-a/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

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