Beschreibung:
Machine generated contents note: Testing times for arches -- B. Harvey -- The Roman bridge-builder: some aspects of his work -- N.A.F Smith -- The Pont du Gard and the aqueduct of Nimes -- N.A.F. Smith -- Vitruvius and the elevated aqueducts -- F.D. Prager -- Resistance to technological innovation: the history of the pile -- driver through the 18th century -- M.N. Boyer -- Rebuilding the bridge at Albi, 1408-1410 -- M.N. Boyer -- Le Pont du Rialto: un chantier public a Venise a la fin du -- XVIe siecle -- D. Calabi and P. Morachiello -- The Pul-i Khwaju in Isfahan: a combination of bridge, dam -- and water art -- H. Luschey -- Berwick-on-Tweed Bridge -- J. Summerson -- Hollow spandrels in arch bridges: a historical study -- E.C. Ruddock -- Pont-y-ty-pridd: a critical examination of its history -- E.I. Williams -- William Edwards's bridge at Pontypridd -- E.C. Ruddock -- The foundations of Hexham Bridge -- E.C. Ruddock -- Pulteney Bridge -- Jean Manco -- Two masonry bridges. II. Telford's bridge at Over -- J. Heyman and B.D. Threlfall -- Arch bridges -- J.B.B. Owen -- Valley crossings on the Old Croton Aqueduct -- L.D. Lankton -- The Canton Viaduct -- E.D. Galvin -- The fall of Barentin Viaduct, 10 January 1846 -- D. Brooke -- The safety of masonry arches -- J. Heyman