| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 507 pages) frontispiece (portrait) illustrations, facsimiles |
| Summary |
After preliminary chapters on the engineering profession this biography covers: Fairbairn's childhood, first employment and apprenticeship; his moves to and work in London and Manchester; his work on water-wheels, canal transportation, and iron ship-building; his work for the Turkish government; his work on the Conway, Britannia, and Rhine bridges; his scientific honours and literary work |
| Bibliography |
"List of Sir William Fairbairnʼs published works and papers": pages 477-491 |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| In |
CADAL |
| Subject |
Fairbairn, William, Sir, 1789-1874.
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| SUBJECT |
Fairbairn, William, Sir, 1789-1874. fast (OCoLC)fst00143462 |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pole, William, 1814-1900.
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| ISBN |
9780727752406 |
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0727752405 |
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0715348906 |
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9780715348901 |
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