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An elementary Course of Civil Engineering, for the use of the Cadets of the United States' Military Academy. Second Edition, revised and Corrected.
by MAHAN, D.H
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Copenhagen, Denmark
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About This Item
1838. New York, Wiley and Putban, 1838. Orig. full cloth. Gilt spine, blindstamed covers. Light wear to spine ends. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. XXVI,308 pp., 14 folded engraved plates. First 5 and last 2 leaves brownspotted. Some brownspots to plates. By this importent work Mahan established the structural teory of civil engineering in the United States based on the theories of navier and Moseley.
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- Bookseller
- Herman H. J. Lynge & Son
(DK)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51801
- Title
- An elementary Course of Civil Engineering, for the use of the Cadets of the United States' Military Academy. Second Edition, revised and Corrected.
- Author
- MAHAN, D.H
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1838
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Herman H. J. Lynge & Son
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Copenhagen
About Herman H. J. Lynge & Son
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