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" The art of construction : "
Mario Salvadori ; drawings by Saralinda Hooker and Christopher Ragus.
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BL
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853135
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Salvadori, Mario,1907-1997.
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The art of construction : : projects and principles for beginning engineers and architects /\ Mario Salvadori ; drawings by Saralinda Hooker and Christopher Ragus.
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3rd ed.
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Chicago :: Chicago Review Press,, ©1990.
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v, 149 pages :: illustrations ;; 26 cm
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1556520808
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: 9781556520808
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Includes index.
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Revised edition of: Building. New York : Atheneum, 1979.
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| Contents
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From cave to skyscraper -- Building a tent -- What is a beam? -- What do we build structures with? -- Floor of your room -- Steel frame ... made out of paper -- Part of the building you don't see -- What tornadoes, earthquakes, and changes in temperature can do -- How to fight tornadoes and earthquakes -- Ropes and cables -- Sticks and stones -- Strings and sticks -- Shape and strength -- Barrels, dishes, butterflies, bicycle wheels, and eggs -- Balloons ... and back to the tent.
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Explains how tents, houses, stadiums, and bridges are built, and how to build models of such structures using materials found around the home.
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Building materials, Juvenile literature.
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Structural analysis (Engineering), Juvenile literature.
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Building materials.
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Handicraft.
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Models and modelmaking.
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Structural analysis (Engineering)
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Construction-- Matériaux-- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
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Constructions, Théorie des-- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
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Building materials.
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Structural analysis (Engineering)
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| Dewey Classification
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624.1/771
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TA634.S23 1990
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Hooker, Saralinda
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Ragus, Christopher
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Salvadori, Mario,1907-1997.
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