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Building : the fight against gravity
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An introduction to the basic principles of architecture and engineering including a discussion of structural materials and their properties and such problems as how skyscrapers are kept from swayin...
An introduction to the basic principles of architecture and engineering including a discussion of structural materials and their properties and such problems as how skyscrapers are kept from swaying excessively and buildings prevented from sinking into the ground.
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- Creator
- Mario Salvadori : drawings by Saralinda Hooker and Christopher Ragus
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : Atheneum, 1979
- Physical Details
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- 152 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780689501449, 0689501447
- OCLC
- ocm04882965
- "A Margaret K. McElderry book."
- Includes index.
Subjects
- Structural analysis (Engineering) -- Juvenile literature.
- Building materials -- Juvenile literature.
- Structural analysis (Engineering)
Children's Subject Heading
- Building materials.
Children's Subject Heading