Bridges : three thousand years of defying nature / David J. Brown.
By: Brown, David J
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Publisher: London : Mitchell Beazley, 2005Description: 208 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 26 cm.ISBN: 1845330803.Other title: Bridges.Subject(s): Bridges -- Design and construction | Bridges -- HistoryDDC classification: 624.2
Contents:
1. Origins - 2. The medieval period - 3. Renaissance to enlightenment - 4. Bridges of iron and stone: the industrial revolution - 5. Brunei and the age of heroic engineering - 6. New world, old and new ideas - 7. The many shapes of 20th-century steel - 8. Steel suspension bridges - 9. New possibilities in concrete - 10. Cable-stayed bridges - 11. Fin-de-siecle - 12. The 21st century.
| Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| Main Collection | Taylor's Library-TU | 624.2 BRO (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | SABDx,23002,03,CL | 5000028052 |
1. Origins - 2. The medieval period - 3. Renaissance to enlightenment - 4. Bridges of iron and stone: the industrial revolution - 5. Brunei and the age of heroic engineering - 6. New world, old and new ideas - 7. The many shapes of 20th-century steel - 8. Steel suspension bridges - 9. New possibilities in concrete - 10. Cable-stayed bridges - 11. Fin-de-siecle - 12. The 21st century.