Entrée principale:

Sandström, Gösta E., author.

Titre et auteur:

Tunnels / Gösta E. Sandström.

Édition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York, [NY] : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1963]
©1963

Description:

xii, 427 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-417) and index).
Going underground -- The quest for metals -- The quest for water -- Early railway tunnels -- Methods of tunnelling -- The first Alpine tunnel -- The St. Gotthard Tunnel -- The Arlberg rehearsal for Simplon -- The Simplon Tunnel -- Subaqueous tunnelling -- Tunnel surveying -- The strange story of explosives -- Rock-drilling machines -- Tools for a new age -- Underground power -- Trouble in Lötschberg -- The channel comedy -- Geographical surgery -- The Knights of Mt. Blanc.

Résumé:

An expert technological account of tunneling from prehistoric times to 20th century marvels.

Sujet:

Tunneling History.
Tunnels History.
Tunnels Conception et construction Histoire.
Tunnels Histoire.
Tunneling
Tunnels

Classification/genre:

History

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 27409
Cote: 7978; ID:88-B13334
Statut: Disponible