1937 ASCE Transactions Volume 102 Civil Engineering Structural Steel Dams

1937 Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Volume 102.

Original 1937 bound volume published in New York by the American Society of Civil Engineers. This is the substantial complete annual volume containing the Society\'s numbered technical papers, discussions, and memoirs of deceased members.

A great piece of early 20th-century engineering history, with a wide range of technical material covering structural engineering, highways, hydraulics, dams, water resources, steel and lightweight alloys, engineering structures, and related subjects.

Some of the subjects represented in this volume include:

• Tapered structural members

• Mississippi and Atchafalaya River engineering

• Stable channels and open-channel hydraulics

• Quabbin Dam investigations

• Underground-water control

• Dynamic distortions in structures

• Vierendeel trusses

• Modern express highways

• Structural steel and lightweight alloys

• High-strength structural steels

• Stainless steel in structural design

• Aluminum and magnesium alloys

• Corrosion in engineering structures

• Testing of engineering structures and models

• Numerous technical discussions and responses from engineers in the field

• Memoirs of deceased members of the American Society of Civil Engineers

The volume is heavily illustrated with technical diagrams, charts, engineering drawings, tables, and other period illustrations.

This would be a particularly interesting addition for a civil engineer, structural engineering enthusiast, bridge or highway-history collector, engineering historian, ASCE member, or anyone interested in how major engineering problems were being studied and discussed in the 1930s.

CONDITION:

Original black textured cloth hardcover with gilt lettering and decorative rules on the spine.

The boards show normal shelf and handling wear for a book from 1937. There is some rubbing/wear, particularly along portions of the rear board and around the edges and corners. The spine has some light discoloration/fading from shelf exposure, along with some rubbing and a slight hollowing/concavity, all visible in the photographs.

The binding remains intact and the page block is secure.

The pages are generally clean and very readable, with the expected age toning/yellowing around the edges. There is some light discoloration to the outer page edges and some minor scuffing/scratching to the page block edges. I do not see writing, highlighting, or underlining in the pages inspected.

Please look closely at all of the photographs, as they are part of the description and show the actual book you will receive.

This is an original 1937 engineering reference/technical publication with nearly nine decades of age, so it shows the honest signs of having been stored and handled over the years. Overall, it remains a very substantial and useful historical engineering volume.

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