Titre et auteur:

The Great engineers : the art of British engineers 1837-1987 / [edited by] Derek Walker.

Publication:

London : Academy Editions ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1987.

Description:

288 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-280) and index.
A personal perception of engineering / Edmund Happold -- A short history of electrical communications / William Gosling -- Paxton and prefabrication / Robert Thorne -- Design, engineering and the art of drawing / Francis Pugh -- The life-style of the Victorian engineers / R. Angus Buchanan -- The railway engineers / Derek Walker -- Developments of the use of materials in structures / James Sutherland -- Sir Joseph Bazalgette and public health engineering / Denis Smith -- The strange case of the Duke of Wellington's funeral car / Christopher Frayling -- Construction as a prime export / Don Holland -- The Sydney Opera House / Derek Walker -- The engineering of architecture / James Gowan -- The engineer as architect : Sir Owen Williams / Frank Newby and David Cottam -- The North Sea challenge / Edmund C. Hambly -- Services and structure : the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank / Derek Walker.
The grim tale of the channel tunnel / Donald Hunt -- Intelligent buildings for the future / Max Fordham -- Research and product development : glass / Alastair Pilkington -- Today's engineers : the legacy lives on / Derek Walker -- Solid state technology : the stimulus of electronics / John C. Bass.

Ressources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

0856709174 (Academy Editions)
9780856709173 (Academy Editions)
0312011369 (St. Martin's Press)
9780312011369 (St. Martin's Press)

Sujet:

Engineering Great Britain History.
Engineers Great Britain History.
Engineering history
Industrial designers Great Britain History.
Ingénierie Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Engineering.
Ingenieur
Technik
United Kingdom
Great Britain.
Großbritannien
Engineering History Great Britain

Classification/genre:

History.

Vedettes secondaires:

Walker, Derek, 1931-

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 36543
Cote: ID EXHLONDON(ENGLAND); ID:88-B7674
Statut: Disponible