Author: HUMBER, William. Title: A Complete Treatise on Cast and Wrought Iron Bridge Construction ... illustrated by numerous examples, drawn to a large scale. Third edition ... revised and considerably enlarged.
Description: London, Lockwood 1870. Two volumes folio half red morocco (some splodges on the cloth); mounted albumen print as frontispiece, 17 plates (some folding), illustrations in the text in volume I; colour litho as frontispiece and 98 double page or folding plates in volume II. Some spotting, a couple of minor signs of use; a rather good, handsome pair with the inscription of Australian engineer Charles A.C. Wilson who built at least one iron bridge in Victoria. ¶ Best edition of this exemplary study, with theory, practice and detailed descriptions and illustrations of all types of mid-Victorian iron bridges. Grouped by type: iron arch, plate girder, trellis and lattice girder, bow-string and - new to this edition - suspension bridges. Illustrated bridges include Brunel's Saltash Bridge (the subject of Fenton's photograph), the Taptee viaduct in India, a bridge outside Melbourne, the Franz Joseph Bridge in Prague ...
Keywords: civil engineering building architecture bridges iron technology trades c19th
Price: AUD 2100.00 = appr. US$ 1452.93 Seller: Richard Neylon, Bookseller
- Book number: 9582