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Man the Builder: An Illustrated History of Engineering
Man the Builder An Illustrated History of Engineering Author:JPM Pannell Whatever motives may have prompted the building of the pyramids of Egypt, there is no doubt that a considerable degree of engineering skill was exercised in their construction. As centuries went by and the demand for imporved communications grew, so the engineer's work gradually increased. In England in the eighteenth century James Brindley won ... more »acclaim for the canals which he built to carry merchandise from the expanding industrial areas. The development of railways was probably the greatest single factor in the industrial development of the nineteenth century. The achievements of civil ingeineering are the basis of our modern civilization and remains in existence today as part of the equipment of daily life. In Man the Builder J P M Pannell describes the activities of the civil engineer from the earliest times to the present day, dealing with roads, canals, railways, bridge-building, harbour works and water supply. Numerous photographs, prints, diagrams and maps, closely allied and integrated with the text, illustrate the grouth of the engineer's art and a chronolical table highlights the landmarks in the story of engineering.« less