1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452895103321

Autore

Foust Clifford M. <1928->

Titolo

John Frank Stevens [[electronic resource] ] : civil engineer / / Clifford Foust

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-253-01069-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Collana

Railroads past and present

Disciplina

625.10092

B

Soggetti

Railroad engineers - United States

Railroad engineering - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A boy of West Gardiner -- Beginnings -- The Great Northern -- The Panama Canal : in -- The Panama Canal : out -- Interlude -- Railroading in Russia -- The final decades.

Sommario/riassunto

One of America's foremost civil engineers of the past 150 years, John Frank Stevens was a railway reconnaissance and location engineer whose reputation was made on the Canadian Pacific and Great Northern lines. Self-taught and driven by a bulldog tenacity of purpose, he was hired by Theodore Roosevelt as chief engineer of the Panama Canal, creating a technical achievement far ahead of its time. Stevens also served for more than five years as the head of the US Advisory Commission of Railway Experts to Russia and as a consultant who contributed to many engineering feats, including the contro



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910142995503321

Titolo

British journal of biomedical science

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Published for the Institute of Medical Laboratory Sciences by Royal Society of Medicine Services, , 1993-

Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK : , : Taylor & Francis

Lausanne, Switzerland : , : Frontiers Media S.A.

ISSN

2474-0896

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

610

Soggetti

Medical sciences

Medical technology

Anatomy, Pathological

Life sciences

Medical laboratory technology

Anatomie pathologique

Sciences de la santé

Technologie médicale

Sciences de la vie

Médecine - Laboratoires - Technique

biological sciences

Klinische chemie

Laboratoriumonderzoek

Biological Science Disciplines

Clinical Laboratory Techniques

Medical Laboratory Science

Pathology

Periodicals.

Periodical

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

As of 2022, the journal will begin publishing under a Gold Open Access model.  All articles will be immediately, permanently, and freely available to read, download, and access for people everywhere. Authors



will retain copyright on all new articles published and the journal will be compliant with Plan S.

Refereed/Peer-reviewed