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A treatise on bridge architecture : in which the superior advantages of the flying pendent lever bridge are fully proved ; with an historical account and description of different bridges erected in various parts of the world, from an early period, down to the present time / by Thomas Pope ...

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1811 Pope
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Pope, Thomas.
Contributor:
Niven, Alexander, printer.
Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862., Donor.
American Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Bridges.
Cantilever bridges--Design and construction.
Cantilever bridges.
Genre:
Subscription lists (Publishing) -- New York (State) -- 19th century.
Physical Description:
[18], [ix]-xxxii, 33-288 p. : plates ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
New-York : printed for the author by Alexander Niven, 1811.
Notes:
"Subscribers, in New-York, to T. Pope's Treatise on bridge architecture."--Preliminary pages [9]-[16].
"Conclusion"--Pages [281]-288; in verse, 1st line "Let the broad arc the spacious Hudson stride."
Local Notes:
Athenaeum copy damaged: plate between pages 138-139 has been torn out.
Athenaeum copy: Breck bequest; rebound.
Cited in:
Hitchcock 946
Sabin 64123
Shaw/Shoemaker 23721
OCLC:
989900

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