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Moving the obelisks : a chapter in engineering history in which the Vatican obelisk in Rome in 1586 was moved by muscle power, and a study of more recent similar moves

Bern Dibner

Publication Data

Title Moving the obelisks : a chapter in engineering history in which the Vatican obelisk in Rome in 1586 was moved by muscle power, and a study of more recent similar moves
Author Bern Dibner
Publisher M.I.T. Press for the Society for the History of Technology
Publication date 1970
Publication location Cambridge Mass.
Language English

Descriptive Notes

Originally published, New York: Burndy Library, 1950.

Topics

Obelisks :: Italy :: Rome (City)
008350067

Catalogue Data

OBNB ID GB7203229
ISBN 10 026254010X
ISBN 13 n/a
Type BibliographicResource, Book
Dewey Classification 624

ISBD

P1053 3-61, [2] p. (2 fold.)
P1042 Bibliography: p.61.

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Moving the obelisks : a chapter in engineering history in which the Vatican obelisk in Rome in 1586 was moved by muscle power, and a study of more recent similar moves by Bern Dibner. ISBN 026254010X. Published by M.I.T. Press for the Society for the History of Technology in 1970. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.