Titre et auteur:

Structural iron, 1750-1850 / edited by R.J.M. Sutherland.

Publication:

Aldershot, Hampshire ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate, ©1997.

Description:

xli, 382 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Série(s):

Studies in the history of civil engineering ; v. 9

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The use of cast iron in building / S.B. Hamilton -- The first iron frames / A.W. Skempton and H.R. Johnson -- The development of the cast iron frame in textile mills to 1850 / Ron Fitzgerald -- The age of cast iron, 1780-1850 : who sized the beams? / R.J.M. Sutherland -- Richard Turner and the Palm House at Kew Gardens / Edward J. Diestelkamp -- Matthew Clark and the origins of Russian structural engineering, 1810-40s : an introductory biography / Sergey G. Fedorov -- Shipbuilding and the long span roof / R.J.M. Sutherland -- James Finley and the modern suspension bridge / Emory L. Kemp -- Samuel Brown : his influence on the design of suspension bridges / Thomas Day -- Navier and the introduction of suspension bridges in France / Antoine Picon -- Ellet's contribution to the development of suspension bridges / Emory L. Kemp -- The first iron bridges / Barrie Trinder -- Early nineteenth century developments in truss design in Britain, France and the United States / D.A. Gasparini and Caterina Provost -- The introduction of structural wrought iron / R.J.M. Sutherland -- Structural model testing and the design of British railway bridges in the nineteenth century / Denis Smith -- The evolution of iron bridge trusses to 1850 / J.G. James -- Russian iron bridges to 1850 / J.G. James.

Résumé:

This is a study of structural iron in civil engineering, from 1750 to 1850. The book presents a collection of essays which cover such areas as the use of cast iron in building, the first iron frames, iron in the roof of buildings, suspension bridges and developments in truss design.

ISBN:

0860787583 (hardbound)
9780860787587 (hardbound)

Sujet:

Iron, Structural.
Building, Iron and steel.
Iron and steel bridges.
Civil engineering History.
Fer de construction.
Construction métallique.
Ponts métalliques.
Ouvrages d'art Histoire.
structural iron.
Civil engineering.

Classification/genre:

History.

Vedettes secondaires:

Sutherland, R. J. M.
Studies in the history of civil engineering ; v. 9.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 192592
Cote: ID TA684.S7865; ID:97-B3676
Statut: Disponible