Engineering The Eiffel Tower

Author : Janet Slingerland
Publisher : Core Library
ISBN 13 : 9781680789508
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Engineering the Eiffel Tower written by Janet Slingerland and published by Core Library. This book was released on 2018 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Eiffel Tower, built for a World's Fair in 1889, has become a permanent symbol of the city of Paris, France. Engineering the Eiffel Tower introduces readers to its designer, Gustave Eiffel, shows how workers assembled the gigantic tower, and looks at how maintenance crews keep it standing today. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author : Jill Jonnes
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101052511
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eiffel's Tower written by Jill Jonnes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-04-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the world-famous monument and the extraordinary world’s fair that introduced it, by the author of Conquering Gotham and Urban Forests In this first general history of the Eiffel Tower in English, Jill Jonnes-acclaimed author of Conquering Gotham-offers an eye- opening look not only at the construction of one of the modern world's most iconic structures, but also the epochal event that surrounded its arrival as a wonder of the world. In this marvelously entertaining portrait of Belle Époque France, fear and loathing over Eiffel's brash design share the spotlight with the celebrities that made the 1889 Exposition Universelle an event to remember-including Buffalo Bill and his sharpshooter Annie Oakley, Thomas Edison, and artists Whistler, Gauguin, and van Gogh. Eiffel's Tower is a richly textured portrait of an era at the dawn of modernity, reveling in the limitless promise of the future.

Author : David P. Billington
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691236933
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tower and the Bridge written by David P. Billington and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential exploration of the engineering aesthetics of celebrated structures from long-span bridges to high-rise buildings What do structures such as the Eiffel Tower, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the concrete roofs of Pier Luigi Nervi have in common? According to The Tower and the Bridge, all are striking examples of structural art, an exciting area distinct from either architecture or machine design. Aided by stunning photographs, David Billington discusses the technical concerns and artistic principles underpinning the well-known projects of leading structural engineer-artists, including Othmar Ammann, Félix Candela, Gustave Eiffel, Fazlur Khan, Robert Maillart, John Roebling, and many others. A classic work, The Tower and the Bridge introduces readers to the fundamental aesthetics of engineering.

Author : Gustave Eiffel
Publisher : Taschen America Llc
ISBN 13 : 9783836509039
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 300メートルの塔 written by Gustave Eiffel and published by Taschen America Llc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring 53 double-page images, 4,300 drawings, and 33 photographs, this book reveals the complex and fascinating process of bringing the Eiffel Tower to life.

Author : David I Harvie
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752495054
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eiffel written by David I Harvie and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2006-08-24 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting the story of Gustave Eiffel, this book examines the conception, and controversial construction of the tower that bears his name, one of the most famous tall buildings in the world. Just at the point of his greatest success, he signed contracts for the project which was to bring scandal on his name - the Panama Canal.

Author : Jonathan Glancey
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781780679198
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What's So Great About the Eiffel Tower? written by Jonathan Glancey and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do we find the idea of a multi-colored Parthenon so shocking today? Why was the Eiffel Tower such a target for hatred when it was first built? Is the Sagrada Família a work of genius or kitsch? Why has Le Corbusier, one of the greatest of all architects, been treated as a villain? This book examines the critical legacy of both well known and either forgotten or underappreciated highpoints in the history of world architecture. Through 70 engaging, thought-provoking, and often amusing debates, Jonathan Glancey invites readers to take a fresh look at the reputations of the masterpieces and great architects in history. You may never look at architecture in the same way again!

Author : Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781934772768
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Colossal written by Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this generously illustrated book, acclaimed Berkeley art historian Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby gives us the definitive account of a history that leads from Napoleon's encounter with the gigantic monuments of ancient Egypt to the building of the wonders of the industrial world: the Statue of Liberty, Suez Canal, Eiffel Tower, and Panama Canal. Passionately argued, peerless in its research, its synthesis, and its depth of understanding, Colossal: Engineering the Suez Canal, Statue of Liberty, Eiffel Tower and Panama Canal is a magisterial addition to serious study of the modern world.

Author : Dona Herweck Rice
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
ISBN 13 : 1425855598
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Engineering Marvels: The Eiffel Tower: Measurement written by Dona Herweck Rice and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students will develop their math skills while engaged in reading about the construction of the Eiffel Tower. This book seamlessly integrates the teaching of math and reading, and uses real-world examples to teach math skills like converting units of measurement. Text features include a glossary, an index, captions, and a table of contents to increase students’ vocabulary and reading comprehension skills as they interact with the text. The rigorous practice problems, math charts, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they’ve learned to their everyday lives. Math Talk provides an in-depth opportunity for further thinking, challenging students to use their higher-order thinking skills.

Author : Henriette Steiner
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262043920
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tower to Tower written by Henriette Steiner and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cultural history of gigantism in architecture and digital culture, from the Eiffel Tower to the World Trade Center. The gigantic is everywhere, and gigantism is manifest in everything from excessively tall skyscrapers to globe-spanning digital networks. In this book, Henriette Steiner and Kristin Veel map and critique the trajectory of gigantism in architecture and digital culture—the convergence of tall buildings and networked infrastructures—from the Eiffel Tower to One World Trade Center. They show how these two forms of gigantism intersect in the figure of the skyscraper with a transmitting antenna on its roof, a gigantic building that is also a nodal point in a gigantic digital infrastructure. Steiner and Veel focus on two paradigmatic tower sites: the Eiffel Tower and the Twin Towers of the destroyed World Trade Center (as well as their replacement, the One World Trade Center tower). They consider, among other things, philosophical interpretations of the Eiffel Tower; the design and destruction of the Twin Towers; the architectural debates surrounding the erection of One World Trade Center on the Ground Zero site; and such recent examples of gigantism across architecture and digital culture as Rem Koolhaas's headquarters for China Central TV and the phenomenon of the “tech giant.” Examining the cultural, architectural, and media history of these towers, they analyze the changing conceptions of the gigantism that they represent, not just as physical structures but as sites for the projection of cultural ideas and ideals.

Author : Gaston Tissandier
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781480192300
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Eiffel Tower written by Gaston Tissandier and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-10-31 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive period account of the background and construction of the Eiffel Tower by French scientist and editor Gaston Tissandier (1843 - 1899). Includes 1889 introductory handwritten letter by M. Gustave Eiffel. Copiously illustrated. Handier than the free PDFs on the web, this historical reprint you can hold, bookmark, highlight and shelve. An inexpensive imperative for any history buff.