CHANUTE, OCTAVE, GEORGE SHATTUCK MORISON - The Kansas City bridge : with an account of the regimen of the Missouri River, and a description of methods used for founding in that river / Octave Chanute; George Shattuck Morison.
New York, D. Van Nostrand, 1870, First Edition. Hard Cover, 31 x 24 cm. 140 p. front. Pl. 12 Fold. Incl. Map. Ill.: The Author.. Very Good/No Jacket.¶ The cantilever construction of this bridge has a structure for weight bearing which has many analogies to Chanute's basic biplane, glider shape, later used not only by the Wright Brothers but by Curtis and Fairman. Now rare on the market. Withdrawn from the Franklin Library, library stamp on versos of plates, and on TP. Original cloth, gilt title, OW VG..
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