Bridges and MenGrosset & Dunlap, 1966 - 343 páginas |
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... everything , but some of the threads are more fundamental to the whole tapestry than others . Few of man's inventions are more basic than the bridge . The oldest engineering work devised by man , it is the only one universally employed ...
... everything , but some of the threads are more fundamental to the whole tapestry than others . Few of man's inventions are more basic than the bridge . The oldest engineering work devised by man , it is the only one universally employed ...
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... everything in the shape of gain , but by the gravity of his manners and a good character should be careful to preserve his dignity . Such was a Roman engineer , perhaps the noblest Roman of them all . His fellow citizens over whom the ...
... everything in the shape of gain , but by the gravity of his manners and a good character should be careful to preserve his dignity . Such was a Roman engineer , perhaps the noblest Roman of them all . His fellow citizens over whom the ...
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... everything in person . When the Bastille was razed , it provided him with an op- portune source for his masonry . ( As you walk over the Pont de la Concorde today you tread on stones that once imprisoned the Man in the Iron Mask ...
... everything in person . When the Bastille was razed , it provided him with an op- portune source for his masonry . ( As you walk over the Pont de la Concorde today you tread on stones that once imprisoned the Man in the Iron Mask ...
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How Bridges Were Invented | 1 |
The Mighty Roman Arch | 7 |
The Engineer Vanishes from Europe but Appears in Asia | 19 |
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