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Author Sandström, Gösta E.

Title Man, the builder / [by] Gösta E. Sandström.

Publication Info. New York : McGraw-Hill [1970]

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  624 SAN57    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Basement Materials  624.09 Q    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  624 SANDSTROM    Check Shelf
Description 280 pages : illustrations, maps (part color), color plates, portraits ; 28 cm
Bibliography Bibliography: page 274.
Contents Foreword -- The Neolithic revolution -- River control and irrigation -- The megalith builders -- The Great Pyramid at Gizeh -- Building in the West -- Water conduction and drainage in Greece and Rome -- The decline and rise of Western Europe -- The Gothic revolution in building -- The fortified city -- Roads and bridges and harbors -- European reclamation and canal building -- Deferred birth of engineering sciences -- The British century of engineering -- The railway age -- New materials, new sources of power -- Useful pyramids -- Supplement -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Sources of illustrations -- Index.
Subject Civil engineering -- History.
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