Hillhouse, Grady,

ENGINEERING IN PLAIN SIGHT : AN ILLUSTRATED FIELD GUIDE TO THE CONSTRUCTED ENVIRONMENT / by Grady Hillhouse. - xi, 251 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Includes index.

Electrical grid -- Communications -- Roadways -- Bridges and tunnels -- Railways -- Dams, levees, and coastal structures -- Municipal water and wastewater -- Construction.

"This illustrated book extends the field guide genre from natural phenomena to human-made structures, making their design and construction approachable and understandable to non-engineers. Readers will learn to identify characteristics of the electrical grid, roadways, railways, bridges, tunnels, waterways, and more"--

9781718502321 RM246.60

2022013814

GBC2G3465 bnb


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