Tunnel shields and the use of compressed air in subaqueous works

At the time of writing, virtually nothing had been published on the history of shield-work - the employment of a shield, with or without the aid of compressed air, in tunnelling operations of English origin. The author's aim was to gather in one volume a mass of information until then scattered...

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Main Author Copperthwaite, William Charles
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London : Archibald Constable, 1906.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780727752673
DOI10.1680/tsatuocaisw.52673
Physical Description1 online resource (xv, 389 p.) : ill.

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