01389nam a2200313 i 4500991000167989707536031209s1997 maua b 001 0 eng d0262112175b12579397-39ule_instDip.to Matematicaeng624.509440903420AMS 01A55LC TG71.K73 Kranakis, Eda481547Constructing a bridge :an exploration of engineering culture, design, and research in nineteenth-century France and America /Eda KranakisCambridge, Mass. :MIT Press,c1997xi, 453 p. :ill. ;24 cmInside technologyIncludes bibliographical references (p. [397]-441) and indexSuspension bridgesFranceDesign and constructionHistory19th centurySuspension bridgesUnited StatesDesign and constructionHistory19th centuryTechnologySocial aspectsFranceHistory19th centuryTechnologySocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory19th century.b1257939721-09-0609-12-03991000167989707536LE013 01A KRA11 (1997)12013000141336le013pE63.43-l- 00000.i1305907519-01-04Constructing a bridge252630UNISALENTOle01309-12-03ma -engmau01