Ancient and modern engineering and the Isthmian canal (Registro nro. 116635)
[ vista simple ]
| 000 -LEADER | |
|---|---|
| fixed length control field | 03192cam a22003733u 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 75910 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | UtSlPG |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260610134745.0 |
| 006 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--ADDITIONAL MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS | |
| fixed length control field | m |
| 007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | cr n |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 260607r20251903utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | TA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Burr, William H. |
| Fuller form of name | (William Hubert), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1851-1934 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Ancient and modern engineering and the Isthmian canal |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | First edition |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2025 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2025-04-19 |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Ancient civil-engineering works -- Bridges -- Water-works for cities and towns -- Some features of railroad engineering -- The Nicaragua route for a ship-canal -- The Panama route for a ship canal. |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Ancient and Modern Engineering and the Isthmian Canal" by William H. Burr is a historical and technical account written in the early 20th century. The book concentrates on the evolution of civil engineering from ancient times through to the modern era, with a particular emphasis on major infrastructural works such as bridges, water supply systems, and, notably, the development and evaluation of potential routes for a canal across the Isthmus of Panama and Nicaragua. Aimed at both professional engineers and informed lay readers, it traces humanity’s engineering feats and explores the enduring relationship between civil development and technological progress. The opening of the book lays out its origins as a series of lectures and introduces its thorough organization, including a detailed table of contents. Burr’s introduction highlights the careful selection of illustrations and the decision to expand his public lectures for publication. The first chapters begin with an exploration of civil engineering’s ancient roots, dispelling the notion that the discipline is a purely modern invention. Burr meticulously describes early engineering achievements in Chaldea and Egypt, such as vast hydraulic canal systems, advanced brick and stone construction, and large-scale public works like dams, pyramids, and city defenses. The narrative emphasizes the importance of these feats for commerce, agriculture, and defense, and it transitions to Roman innovations—roads, building materials, sewers, and bridges—demonstrating both the continuity and advancement of civil engineering methods from prehistory into recorded history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | New York: J. Wiley & Sons, 1903 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Panama Canal (Panama) |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Canals, Interoceanic |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Nicaragua Canal (Nicaragua) |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Civil engineering -- History |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://archive.org/details/ancientmodernen00burr">https://archive.org/details/ancientmodernen00burr</a> |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75910">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75910</a> |
No hay ítems disponibles.