The only work of its type to survive from antiquity, it was partially based on a work by Hermogenes.  
This work's influence on the Renaissance can be traced to a 1511 edition produced by Fra Giovanni Giocondo.  Its eighth book deals with water, while the ninth discusses the analemma and the phases of the moon in the course of an overview of sundials and clocks.  The last book includes sections on Hegetor's tortoise, catapults, the hodometer, and the water organ.  The second offers a discussion of the primordial substance before considering such non-primordial substances as sand, lime, and timber, and is followed by books devoted to temples, public places, and private houses.  The only work of its type to survive from antiquity, it was partially based on a work by Hermogenes.  FTP, name this handbook written around 27 BC, a guide to building produced by Vitruvius.
This work's influence on the Renaissance can be traced to a 1511 edition produced by Fra Giovanni Giocondo.  
the Ten Books on Architecture or On Architecture or De Architectura