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Structural iron, 1750-1850

Title
Structural iron, 1750-1850 / edited by R.J.M. Sutherland.
Publication
Aldershot, Hampshire ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate, c1997.

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Additional Authors
Sutherland, R. J. M.
Description
xli, 382 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Studies in the history of civil engineering ; v. 9
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
The use of cast iron in building / S.B. Hamilton -- The first iron frames / A.W. Skempton and H.R. Johnson -- The development of the cast iron frame in textile mills to 1850 / Ron Fitzgerald -- The age of cast iron, 1780-1850 : who sized the beams? / R.J.M. Sutherland -- Richard Turner and the Palm House at Kew Gardens / Edward J. Diestelkamp -- Matthew Clark and the origins of Russian structural engineering, 1810-40s : an introductory biography / Sergey G. Fedorov -- Shipbuilding and the long span roof / R.J.M. Sutherland -- James Finley and the modern suspension bridge / Emory L. Kemp -- Samuel Brown : his influence on the design of suspension bridges / Thomas Day -- Navier and the introduction of suspension bridges in France / Antoine Picon -- Ellet's contribution to the development of suspension bridges / Emory L. Kemp -- The first iron bridges / Barrie Trinder -- Early nineteenth century developments in truss design in Britain, France and the United States / D.A. Gasparini and Caterina Provost -- The introduction of structural wrought iron / R.J.M. Sutherland -- Structural model testing and the design of British railway bridges in the nineteenth century / Denis Smith -- The evolution of iron bridge trusses to 1850 / J.G. James -- Russian iron bridges to 1850 / J.G. James.
Call Number
JSF 01-256
ISBN
0860787583 (hardbound)
LCCN
97029066
OCLC
37373649
Title
Structural iron, 1750-1850 / edited by R.J.M. Sutherland.
Imprint
Aldershot, Hampshire ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate, c1997.
Series
Studies in the history of civil engineering ; v. 9
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Added Author
Sutherland, R. J. M.
Research Call Number
JSF 01-256
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