{"product_id":"arch-bridges-and-their-builders-1735-1835-paperback-9780521090216","title":"Arch Bridges and their Builders 1735–1835 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521090216","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eArch Bridges and their Builders 1735–1835\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is a comprehensive history of bridge building during the century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTed Ruddock (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521090216, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 November 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e29.7 x 21 x 1.5 cm, 0.66 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe construction of bridges in Britain and Ireland during the period of 1735–1835 was marked by important technical developments and the introduction of new materials. This book is a comprehensive history of bridge building during the century, treating the administration and financing of projects as well as the designs and methods of construction. All the bridges described are of interest as engineering works; as architecture some are unimportant but many achieved real grandeur and beauty. The book is based on exhaustive study of primary sources which are fully documented, but it is a highly readable account. More than half of it consists of narratives of individual bridge projects, in which all the men involved, from noblemen and generals to country masons and carpenters, come alive for the reader. Much of the detail of these stories has never been published before. Among the topics which can be traced through the narratives are the growth in spans and changes in the proportions of bridges, the borrowing and modification of Continental styles, a halting progress towards the use of scientific theory in bridge design, the introduction of iron arches and the important role played by 'amateurs', including Tom Paine and Samuel Johnson. Over 200 illustrations accompany the text.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I: Labelye and his contemporaries 1735–1759\u003cbr\u003e 1. Westminster bridge\u003cbr\u003e 2. Bridges in the country\u003cbr\u003e 3. Timber bridges\u003cbr\u003e 4. Architecture hydraulique and Essex Bridge, Dublin'\u003cbr\u003e 5. Thoeory of arches and pontypridd\u003cbr\u003e 6. Four ancient bridges\u003cbr\u003e Part II: The years of Mylne and smeaton 1759–1796\u003cbr\u003e 7. Blackfriars bridge\u003cbr\u003e 8. John Smeaton and Robert Mylne\u003cbr\u003e 9. Bridges by architects\u003cbr\u003e 10. Navigable aqueducts\u003cbr\u003e 11. The first iron bridges\u003cbr\u003e Part III: The years of Rennie and Telford 1790–1835\u003cbr\u003e 12. Rennie and Telford – early years\u003cbr\u003e 13. Iron and timber\u003cbr\u003e 14. Climax masonry.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004036272408,"sku":"9780521090216","price":38.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521090216i.jpg?v=1694969493","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/arch-bridges-and-their-builders-1735-1835-paperback-9780521090216","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}