What engineers do: an outline of construction |
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Contents
LPTSB PAQ1 | 21 |
How Materials have Influenced Con | 32 |
The Steel Age | 47 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | What engineers do: an outline of construction |
| Author | Walter David Binger |
| Publisher | Norton, 1928 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | Jan 7, 2008 |
| Length | 259 pages |
| Subjects | › › Civil engineering Technology & Engineering / Civil / General Technology & Engineering / Construction / General |
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