Isbn: 9780253010612 - john frank stevens: civil engineer (railroads past and present) (27 resultados)

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Hardcover. Condición: New. First Edition. New copy. One of America's foremost civil engineers of the past 150 years, John Frank Stevens was a railway reconnaissance and location engineer whose reputation was made on the Canadian Pacific and Great Northern lines. Self-taught and driven by a bulldog tenacity of purpose, he was hired by Theodore Roosevelt as chief engineer of the Panama Canal, creating a technical achievement far ahead of its time. Stevens also served for more than five years as the head of the US Advisory Commission of Railway Experts to Russia and as a consultant who contributed to many engineering feats, including the control of the Mississippi River after the disastrous floods of 1927 and construction of the Boulder (Hoover) Dam. Drawing on Stevens's surviving personal papers and materials from projects with which he was associated, Clifford Foust offers an illuminating look into the life of an accomplished civil engineer. .…

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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked. 337pp. Jacket now in a new mylar cover. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. This is a Fine Copy of this book in red cloth with gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer extremities of the Dust-Wrapper.Not Price clipped.The book has no previous names or inscriptions present.Book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness,contents remain lovely and clean internally.Superb copy for the collector,8vo 337p First Edition [1992].…

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Hardback or Cased Book. Condición: New. John Frank Stevens: Civil Engineer. Book.

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Condición: New. 2013. Hardcover. . . . . .

Condición: New. In English.

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Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 337 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - One of America's foremost civil engineers of the past 150 years, John Frank Stevens was a railway reconnaissance and location engineer whose reputation was made on the Canadian Pacific and Great Northern lines. Self-taught and driven by a bulldog tenacity of purpose, he was hired by Theodore Roosevelt as chief engineer of the Panama Canal, creating a technical achievement far ahead of its time. Stevens also served for more than five years as the head of the US Advisory Commission of Railway Experts to Russia and as a consultant who contributed to many engineering feats, including the control of the Mississippi River after the disastrous floods of 1927 and construction of the Boulder (Hoover) Dam. Drawing on Stevens's surviving personal papers and materials from projects with which he was associated, Clifford Foust offers an illuminating look into the life of an accomplished civil engineer. …

Gebunden. Condición: New. Offers an illuminating look into the life of an accomplished civil engineer.&Uumlber den AutorClifford Foust is Professor Emeritus of History, University of Maryland.InhaltsverzeichnisPreface.

Condición: New. Print on Demand pp. 360 11 Illus., 4 Maps.

Condición: New. Print on Demand pp. 360, 4 Maps, Index.

Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 337 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

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