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.

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Author / Creator:Dibner, Bern
Imprint:New York, Burndy Library, 1950.
Description:61 p. illus., ports. 28 cm.
Language:English
Series:Burndy Library. Publication no. 6
Publication (Burndy Library) no. 6.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2240729
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Notes:Bibliography: p. 61.

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