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Engineering : [an antohology of illuminating selections that bring to life the most significant award dramatic achievements in the history of engineering, the men who made that history, and some of the spectacular projects of the future] / edited by Samuel Rapport and Helen Wright

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Editor: New York : Washington Square Press, 1964
Descripción Física: XII, 378 p.; 18 cm
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41/31 1223 Libros modernos desde 1900
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I. THE BEGINNINGS. - Early Construction Methods / Walter D. Binger. - The Growth of Mechanical Power / Miles Tomalin. - Leonardo da Vinci: Military Engineer / Bern Dibner. II. THE AGE OF THE MACHINE. A. POWER. - James Watt and the History of Steam Power / Ivor B. Hart. - Sir Charles Parsons and the Steam Turbine / R. H. Parsons. - From Faraday to the Dynamo / Harold I. Sharlin. - The Internal Combustion Engine / T. K. Derry and Trevor I. Williams. - Reactions Motors: How They Workd and Some Experiments With Them / G. Edward Pendray . - The A. B. C. of Atomic Energy / Sir Christopher Hinton. B. MATERIALS AND METHODS. - The Age of Steel / J. D. Bernal. - Manufacture of Wire Ropes / John A. Roebling. - Discovering, Recovering, and Concentrating the Minerals / C. C. Furnas. - Tools and Automation / Samuel Lilley. - Skyscraper: Skin for Its Bones / James Marston Fütch. III. EPISODRES IN ENGINEERING HISTORY. - Building the Union Pacific Railroad / J. R. Perkins. - The Caissons of the Brooklyn Bridge / D. B. Steinman. - Tesla and Alternating Curren / John. J. O'Neil. - Triumph at Messines / Leon Wolf. IV. TOWARD THE FUTURE. - Abu Simbel / Ritchie Calder. - Atlantropa-The Changed Mediterranean / Willy Ley. - Outer Space-The Technical Prospects / H. Guyford Stever



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I. THE BEGINNINGS. - Early Construction Methods / Walter D. Binger. - The Growth of Mechanical Power / Miles Tomalin. - Leonardo da Vinci: Military Engineer / Bern Dibner. II. THE AGE OF THE MACHINE. A. POWER. - James Watt and the History of Steam Power / Ivor B. Hart. - Sir Charles Parsons and the Steam Turbine / R. H. Parsons. - From Faraday to the Dynamo / Harold I. Sharlin. - The Internal Combustion Engine / T. K. Derry and Trevor I. Williams. - Reactions Motors: How They Workd and Some Experiments With Them / G. Edward Pendray . - The A. B. C. of Atomic Energy / Sir Christopher Hinton. B. MATERIALS AND METHODS. - The Age of Steel / J. D. Bernal. - Manufacture of Wire Ropes / John A. Roebling. - Discovering, Recovering, and Concentrating the Minerals / C. C. Furnas. - Tools and Automation / Samuel Lilley. - Skyscraper: Skin for Its Bones / James Marston Fütch. III. EPISODRES IN ENGINEERING HISTORY. - Building the Union Pacific Railroad / J. R. Perkins. - The Caissons of the Brooklyn Bridge / D. B. Steinman. - Tesla and Alternating Curren / John. J. O'Neil. - Triumph at Messines / Leon Wolf. IV. TOWARD THE FUTURE. - Abu Simbel / Ritchie Calder. - Atlantropa-The Changed Mediterranean / Willy Ley. - Outer Space-The Technical Prospects / H. Guyford Stever


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