{"product_id":"civil-engineering-1839-1889-a-photographic-history-by-mike-chrimes","title":"CIVIL ENGINEERING 1839-1889: A Photographic History by Mike Chrimes","description":"\u003cp\u003eCIVIL ENGINEERING 1839-1889: A Photographic History\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eby Mike Chrimes\u003cbr\u003e\nforeword Professor Roy Severn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 1840150084\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: medium cloth board hardcover with dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: Budding Books 1991, this edition 1997\u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 180 w x 250 h x 15 d\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 181\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A4\/2508\/U124\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nDraws upon contemporary engineering photographs to show how broad the interests of the Victorian engineer were.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere was much more to 19th-century engineering than that symbolized by the much-published photograph of Isambard Kingdom Brunel standing before the chains of the Great Eastern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe author, the librarian of the Institution of Civil Engineers, looks at the history of civil engineering and its establishment as a profession, its worldwide growth, and in particular the influence of British civil engineering practice. Combines famous photographic images, such as the construction of the Eiffel Tower, with little-known archive photographs taken by on-site surveyors and engineers of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated throughout with monochrome images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nNear new with only light shelf on dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003e\nScarce locally\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55452334620964,"sku":null,"price":49.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/2243771356.jpg?v=1793224596","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/civil-engineering-1839-1889-a-photographic-history-by-mike-chrimes","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}