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... sent the dilatory magistrates to prison and ordered the bridge rebuilt in enduring stone . Fra Giocondo became the chief en- gineer of the bridge , which was erected in the record time of seven years ( 1500-1507 ) . He introduced a new ...
... sent the dilatory magistrates to prison and ordered the bridge rebuilt in enduring stone . Fra Giocondo became the chief en- gineer of the bridge , which was erected in the record time of seven years ( 1500-1507 ) . He introduced a new ...
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... sent off a message recommend- ing an immediate investigation of the deflection , apparently assuming that work would be halted in the meantime . The engineers on the spot , however , blind to the danger Cooper feared , sent the men to ...
... sent off a message recommend- ing an immediate investigation of the deflection , apparently assuming that work would be halted in the meantime . The engineers on the spot , however , blind to the danger Cooper feared , sent the men to ...
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... sent floating rams and fire rafts down the river and wrecked the bridge . At the end of a desperate two days ' fight , Napoleon's army , badly battered and barely hanging on , pulled back to the island of Lobau , where it was blockaded ...
... sent floating rams and fire rafts down the river and wrecked the bridge . At the end of a desperate two days ' fight , Napoleon's army , badly battered and barely hanging on , pulled back to the island of Lobau , where it was blockaded ...
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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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