1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996339090103316

Autore

Bishop Peter <1946->

Titolo

Bridge / / Peter Bishop

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Reaktion, , 2008

ISBN

1-282-26380-3

9786612263804

1-86189-469-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Objekt

Disciplina

725.98

Soggetti

Bridges - Design and construction

Bridges

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 (p. 216-231) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Bridge Cover; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction: The Telling of the Bridge; 1: Technologies of Extension: Burt Creek to Lhasa; 2: The Technology of Assemblage: Bridges and the Construction of the City; 3: Technologies of Connection; 4: Spanning Technologies; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photographic Acknowledgements; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Peter Bishop provides a comprehensive historical account of the role of bridges in the advancement of human culture.



2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00293478

Autore

BACON, Francis

Titolo

Bacon's Advancements of learning and The New Atlantis / with a prefacy of Thomas Case

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Oxford University Press, 1929

Descrizione fisica

xxiii, 275 p. ; 16 cm.

Disciplina

820.3

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia