Early British Swimming, 55 BC-AD 1719: With the First Swimming Treatise in English, 1595University of Exeter, 1983 - 215 pàgines
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... pool was ever finished . The Romans can thus be credited with establishing the first artificial pools in Britain for swimming , and the only ones until the Industrial Revolution . The number of pools which have been discovered , however ...
... pool was ever finished . The Romans can thus be credited with establishing the first artificial pools in Britain for swimming , and the only ones until the Industrial Revolution . The number of pools which have been discovered , however ...
Pàgina 5
... pools ( piscinae ) in which it could be done , and by the first century AD the most luxurious private houses boasted their pools as well . Pliny the Younger ( AD 61-112 ) possessed one at his sea - side villa in Tuscany : a warm - water ...
... pools ( piscinae ) in which it could be done , and by the first century AD the most luxurious private houses boasted their pools as well . Pliny the Younger ( AD 61-112 ) possessed one at his sea - side villa in Tuscany : a warm - water ...
Pàgina 84
... pools and rivers , encountered special hazards which Digby recognised and tried to deal with sens- ibly . The right ... pool is deep or shelves abruptly . The best place is where the bottom is sandy or rocky . The swimmer is advised to ...
... pools and rivers , encountered special hazards which Digby recognised and tried to deal with sens- ibly . The right ... pool is deep or shelves abruptly . The best place is where the bottom is sandy or rocky . The swimmer is advised to ...
Continguts
The Middle Ages 10661500 | 22 |
The Sixteenth Century | 46 |
Everard Digby and his Art of Swimming | 69 |
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Referències a aquest llibre
Ritual and Record: Sports Records and Quantification in Pre-Modern Societies John M. Carter,Arnd Kruger Visualització de fragments - 1990 |
The Springboard in Th Pond: An Intimate History of the Swimming Pool Thomas A. P. Van Leeuwen,Helen Searing Previsualització no disponible - 1998 |