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Ferris wheels : an illustrated history
- Title
- Ferris wheels : an illustrated history / Norman D. Anderson.
- Author
- Anderson, Norman D.
- Publication
- Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, [1992], ©1992.
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- Description
- ii, 407 pages : illustrations; 29 cm
- Subject
- Ferris wheels > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 392-395) and index.
- Contents
- Ch. I. Secrets of the Past -- Ch. II. America's Early Wheels -- Ch. III. The Star of the Columbian Exposition -- Ch. IV. Wheels and Expositions: A Hundred-Year-Old Love Affair -- Ch. V. Amusement Parks, Carnivals and Ferris Wheels -- Ch. VI. From Astro Wheels to Zippers -- Ch. VII. For Ferris Wheel Buffs and All Who Love Amusement Rides -- Appendix A: A Chronology of Events in the History of the Ferris Wheel -- Appendix B: Patents for Ferris Wheels, Related Rides and Ferris Wheel Components -- Appendix C: List of Materials in the Ferris Wheel Built for World's Columbian Exposition -- Appendix D: Ferris Wheel Receipts at World's Columbian Exposition.
- ISBN
- 0879725311
- 087972532X (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 92081227
- OCLC
- ocm27252132
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries