John Rennie, 1761-1821: The Life and Work of a Great EngineerManchester University Press, 1963 - 149 էջ |
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Էջ 60
... Rennie's . Secondly — and a point to which more importance attaches than the production of the drawings - who was responsible for the actual supervision ? Here there can be little doubt that Rennie was placed over Stevenson . The actual ...
... Rennie's . Secondly — and a point to which more importance attaches than the production of the drawings - who was responsible for the actual supervision ? Here there can be little doubt that Rennie was placed over Stevenson . The actual ...
Էջ 98
... Rennie's structures as against those of a different age . There can be no evaluation of merit as between , say , Lune Aqueduct and the Forth Bridge , or between Rennie's Waterloo Bridge and its handsome successor . They belong to ...
... Rennie's structures as against those of a different age . There can be no evaluation of merit as between , say , Lune Aqueduct and the Forth Bridge , or between Rennie's Waterloo Bridge and its handsome successor . They belong to ...
Էջ 100
... Rennie's work . There is nothing of the restlessness that goes with misapplied decoration , but rather a repose and serenity that bespeaks the touch of genius . It has been said that there is a great gulf separating the good from the ...
... Rennie's work . There is nothing of the restlessness that goes with misapplied decoration , but rather a repose and serenity that bespeaks the touch of genius . It has been said that there is a great gulf separating the good from the ...
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