The Britannia Bridge: The Generation and Diffusion of Technological Knowledge

Rosenberg, Nathan and Walter Vincenti

Edité par The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1978

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First edition. Small 8vo. viii + 107pp.+ envelope containing folded map tipped onto rear pastedown. Red cloth, silver spine titles. Signed by both authors and inscribed to a "fellow bridgebuilder" on the front free end paper. Fine in a very good (+) jacket with several very short closed tears and minor wear at spine ends. An economic historian and an engineer "reconstruct the problem-solving process involved in the building of the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Straits in northwest Wales." Number 10 in a series of monographs in the history of technology and culture published jointly by the Society for the History of Technology and The MIT Press.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Britannia Bridge: The Generation and Diffusion of Technological Knowledge
• Éditeur: The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA
• Date de parution: 1978
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Signé: Inscribed by Author(s)