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100 1 $aBillington, David P.
245 14 $aThe tower and the bridge :$bthe new art of structural engineering /$cDavid P. Billington.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$c1985, c1983.
300 $axx, 306 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
490 1 $aPrinceton paperbacks
500 $a"First Princeton paperback printing, 1985"--T.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 277-294) and index.
505 0 $a1. A new tradition: Art in engineering -- Part I. The age of iron -- 2. Thomas Telford and the new art form -- 3. Brunel, Stephenson, and railway forms -- 4. Gustave Eiffel and the Crescent Bridge -- 5. John Roebling and the suspension bridge -- 6. The bridge and the tower -- Part II. The new age of steel and concrete -- 7. Jenney, Root, and the first Chicago school -- 8. Big steel bridges from Eads to Ammann -- 9. Robert Maillart and new forms in reinforced concrete -- 10. Roof vaults and national styles -- 11. The directing idea of Eugène Freyssinet -- 12. Discipline and play: New vaults in concrete -- 13. New towers, new bridges -- Epilogue: The idea of structure as art.
650 0 $aStructural engineering.
650 0 $aTowers$xDesign and construction.
650 0 $aBridges$xDesign and construction.
830 0 $aPrinceton paperbacks.
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