design and construction

Contains a comprehensive guide to the design and construction of theater props and explains the techniques involved in over one hundred specific property items.

Chronicles the history of bridges and bridge construction including the ancient Roman arched bridges, and describes bridge safety and bridge disasters.

Presents over two thousand entries on automotive principles, engineering theory, and applied mathematics, including topics such as the function of electronic fuel injection and methods for testing material hardness, and includes illustrations, diagrams, tables, and drawings.

Presents an overview of the history of the John Deere company and its factories, chronicling one hundred years of making tractors, providing a look at the key facilities, corporate offices, and its tractor construction and design.

Chronicles the history of the building of the Empire State Building in New York City between 1929 and 1931 and follows its step-by-step process including the many public relations promotionals and the famous movie featuring King Kong in 1933.

Photographs and text profile the different kinds of ornamentation which were used on cars from the mid thirties to the late fifties, focusing on hood ornaments, horn buttons, emblems, and script.

Follows, in simple text and illustrations, the building of a skyscraper step by step.