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Verlag: UNIV OF MICHIGAN PR, 2006
ISBN 10: 1425527000ISBN 13: 9781425527006
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Zustand: New.
Verlag: Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1877
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
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Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A first edition of this biography of Sir William Fairbairn, partially written by himself, and completed and edited by William Pole. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Sir William Fairbairn (1789-1874) was a Scottish civil engineer, structural engineer and shipbuilder. It was Fairbairn who conceived the idea of a box girder to cross the Menai Strait. He was also one of the first engineers to investigate into the failures of structures, including the collapse of textile mills and boiler explosions, and into metal fatigue in particular. In 1854 he became the third president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. In this volume, written partially by himself and completed and edited by William Pole, is an account of the life of Sir William Fairbairn. 44 pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart, though faded and marked to the spine, with light shelf wear to the extremities and to the head of the spine. Both hinges are starting but are holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd spot to the first and last few pages. Very Good. book.
Verlag: Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1861., 1861
Anbieter: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Kanada
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Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo. pp. xi, 235, [1] + [16]publisher s ads. with half-title. original blind-stamped cloth (bit rubbed, light wear to extremities, cancelled library bookplate). First Edition in Book Form. A much enlarged and improved version of the noted English civil engineer s article on the subject that appeared in the eighth edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Sotheran 7747.
Anbieter: Antiquariat Michael Eschmann, Griesheim, Deutschland
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0. Sprache: Deutschu.
Eigenhändiger Brief (1 S. 8°) mit Ort, Datum, Unterschrift signiert Manchester, 19.12.1860.