Bridge at Schaffhausen
G K G
Genre: | Miscellaneous |
Subjects: | Engineering, Mechanics, Mathematics |
Describes the successful building of a large wooden arch and truss bridge by Hans U Grubenmann, despite his being 'totally ignorant of mathematics, and not versed in the theory of mechanics' (417). | |
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