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Moving the obelisks : a chapter in engineering history in which the Vatican obelisk in Rome in 1586 was moved by muscle power, and a study of more recent similar moves / by Bern Dibner.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection TH153 .D55 1950
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dibner, Bern.
- Series:
- Publication (Burndy Library) no. 6.
- Burndy Library. Publication ; no. 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obelisks--Italy--Rome.
- Obelisks.
- Moving of buildings, bridges, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 61 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Burndy Library, 1950.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: p. 61.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of Thomas Mullen.
- Athenaeum copy: Kift Memorial Library bookplate.
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