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Power, Speed, and Form: Engineers and the Making of the Twentieth Century
David P. Billington
Power, Speed, and Form: Engineers and the Making of the Twentieth Century
David P. Billington
Presents an account of the engineering behind eight breakthrough innovations that transformed American life from 1876 to 1939 - the telephone, electric power, oil refining, the automobile, the airplane, radio, the long-span steel bridge, and building with reinforced concrete.
296 pages, 77 halftones. 75 line illus.
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | October 22, 2006 |
ISBN13 | 9780691102924 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 296 |
Dimensions | 234 × 226 × 27 mm · 864 g |
Language | English |
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