John a roebling s sons (1 risultati)

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Perfect bound in illustrated stiff wrappers. 141 pp. Profusely illustrated throughout with photographs and diagrams. Very good, covers a bit rubbed, Stamp of a Mexican manufacturing company on the front free endpaper and a neat ownership signature, place and date of 1945 on the title page. A centenary celebration of the John A. Roebling Company, a collection of articles relating to the history and field of suspension bridges. Covered is a brief history of John Roebling and the company, "Epoch-Making Bridges" (the Brooklyn Bridge, the George Washington Bridge, the Grande Mere in Quebec, and others). Many of the articles deal with the engineering aspects of bridge building and with the designing and making of the wire and cable used (for which Roebling was famed). Uncommon.…