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Engineering in plain sight : an illustrated field guide to the constructed environment  Cover Image Book Book

Engineering in plain sight : an illustrated field guide to the constructed environment / by Grady Hillhouse.

Hillhouse, Grady, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781718502321
  • ISBN: 171850232X
  • Physical Description: 1 volume : illustrations ; 27 cm
  • Publisher: San Francisco, CA : No Starch Press, [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Electrical grid -- Communications -- Roadways -- Bridges and tunnels -- Railways -- Dams, levees, and coastal structures -- Municipal water and wastewater -- Construction.
Summary, etc.:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject: Civil engineering > Popular works.
Infrastructure (Economics) > Popular works.

Available copies

  • 9 of 9 copies available at Bibliomation.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon 624 HIL (Text) 33430152322178 Adult New Nonfiction Available -
Brookfield Library 624/HILLHOUSE (Text) 34029154500101 Adult Nonfiction Available -
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown 624 HIL (Text) 34014150723352 Adult Nonfiction Available -
David M. Hunt Library - Falls Village 624 Hill (Text) 33180141789967 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Mark Twain Library Association - Redding 624 Hil (Text) 33620153736505 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Milford Public Library 624 H (Text) 34013154055605 Adult Reference Available -
Plumb Memorial Library - Shelton 624 HIL (Text) 34025154710104 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury 624 HIL (Text) 34005153149025 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Woodbury Public Library 624 HILLHOUSE (Text) 34018153426269 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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