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HUMBER, William. - A Complete Treatise on Cast and Wrought Iron Bridge Construction ... illustrated by numerous examples, drawn to a large scale. Third edition ... revised and considerably enlarged.
London, Lockwood 1870. Two volumes folio half red morocco (some splodges on the cloth); mounted albumen print as frontispiece, 17 plates (some folding), illustrations in the text in volume I; colour litho as frontispiece and 98 double page or folding plates in volume II. Some spotting, a couple of minor signs of use; a rather good, handsome pair with the inscription of Australian engineer Charles A.C. Wilson who built at least one iron bridge in Victoria. ¶ Best edition of this exemplary study, with theory, practice and detailed descriptions and illustrations of all types of mid-Victorian iron bridges. Grouped by type: iron arch, plate girder, trellis and lattice girder, bow-string and - new to this edition - suspension bridges. Illustrated bridges include Brunel's Saltash Bridge (the subject of Fenton's photograph), the Taptee viaduct in India, a bridge outside Melbourne, the Franz Joseph Bridge in Prague ...
AUD 2100.00 [Appr.: EURO 1296.5 US$ 1390.83 | £UK 1091.75 | JP¥ 219990] Booknumber: 9582
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AUD 2100.00 [Appr.: EURO 1296.5 US$ 1390.83 | £UK 1091.75 | JP¥ 219990] Booknumber: 9582
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