Engineering and Technology 1650-1750 by Martin Jensen
Highly readable text features more than200engravings that encompass engineering projects dealing with surveying, leveling, materials, hand tools, lifting equipment, transport and erection, piling, bailing, water supply, hydraulic engineering, and more. Specific projects include transporting a 50-ton stone to the Louvre, erecting an obelisk, building timber locks, and dredging canals.Martin Jensen, a best-selling Danish novelist, was born in 1946 and worked as a teacher and a headmaster in Sweden and Denmark before deciding to pursue writing full-time in 1996. He is the author of twenty-one books and has twice been honored by the Danish Crime Academy, as well as having his medieval novel Soldiers' Whore given the Royal Library's Award. He and his wife are botany buffs who also like bird watching and mushroom picking.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780486422329 |
| ISBN 10 | 0486422321 |
| Title | Engineering and Technology 1650-1750 |
| Author | Martin Jensen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Year published | 2002-03-20 |
| Number of pages | 207 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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