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... knew more about the Mississippi River than any other man alive . In addition he knew a good bit about iron and ironworks , a great deal about shipbuilding , and how to organize labor and materials in widely separated places into an ...
... knew more about the Mississippi River than any other man alive . In addition he knew a good bit about iron and ironworks , a great deal about shipbuilding , and how to organize labor and materials in widely separated places into an ...
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... knew how or why . The real secret of Tierney Clark's chain bridge at Budapest , for example , was its weight plus heavy railings , which gave it extra rigidity . Telford's Menai Bridge owed its survival to the railings it acquired in ...
... knew how or why . The real secret of Tierney Clark's chain bridge at Budapest , for example , was its weight plus heavy railings , which gave it extra rigidity . Telford's Menai Bridge owed its survival to the railings it acquired in ...
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... knew the full answer to the profound mystery of Galloping Gertie . In a quite real sense it remains unsolved today , for aerodynamics is a still - growing science . " We haven't any more got the wind all figured out than the space ...
... knew the full answer to the profound mystery of Galloping Gertie . In a quite real sense it remains unsolved today , for aerodynamics is a still - growing science . " We haven't any more got the wind all figured out than the space ...
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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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