Aesthetics versus function: The fall of the Dee bridge, 1847

Interdisciplinary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-191

  Lewis, Peter R ^a   Gagg, Colin ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVETTO MOULDING; MASONRY STRUCTURES; RAIL NETWORKS; RAILWAY LINES;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BRIDGES; FLANGES; FLOODS; FOUNDATIONS; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; METAL CASTINGS; PIERS; STRAIN;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 3843089440     PISSN: 03080188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/030801804225012563     Document Type: Review

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