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Telfair Museum of Art
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 326

Telfair Museum of Art

  • Categories: Art

The fascinating history of the Telfair, featuring 114 representative pieces of fine and decorative art from its vast collection, all superbly reproduced and thoroughly annotated.

NCPTT Notes
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 108

NCPTT Notes

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1998
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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A Suitcase from the Titanic
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 273

A Suitcase from the Titanic

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013
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  • Publisher: WIT Press

The main character in the book wrote to his friend: "Josey, I'm embarking on the biggest steamship in the world, but I don't feel any pride, because at this moment I wish the `Titanic' were submerged at the bottom of the sea..." In his "A Case from the Titanic" author Enrique Dick takes us into a whirlwind of family history, Samuel and Annie Andrew arrive from Whitby, Yorkshire, England, to the vast pampas of Argentina, near the end of the nineteenth century.There Samuel is hired to administer one of the huge ranches of Ambrosio Olmos, a wealthy farmer in Córdoba. There in those fields without end, the Andrew family grows. Silvano Alfredo, Isabel, Wilfred, Ethel, Hilda, William and Edgar ar...

Masonry
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 290

Masonry

The 19 papers cover mortars, units, assemblies, and the potential of the industry in the near future. The topics include investigating the rheology and microstructure of hydrated lime and sand for mortars, predicting the freeze-thaw durability of bricks using an index based on residual expansion, a

CRM
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 516

CRM

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1996
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Preservation of Historic Architecture
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 548

The Preservation of Historic Architecture

The National Park Service's official advice on preserving and restoring historic buildings.

Remaking Wormsloe Plantation
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 320

Remaking Wormsloe Plantation

Why do we preserve certain landscapes while developing others without restraint? Drew A. Swanson’s in-depth look at Wormsloe plantation, located on the salt marshes outside of Savannah, Georgia, explores that question while revealing the broad historical forces that have shaped the lowcountry South. Wormsloe is one of the most historic and ecologically significant stretches of the Georgia coast. It has remained in the hands of one family from 1736, when Georgia’s Trustees granted it to Noble Jones, through the 1970s, when much of Wormsloe was ceded to Georgia for the creation of a state historic site. It has served as a guard post against aggression from Spanish Florida; a node in an eme...

Structural Investigation of Historic Buildings
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 278

Structural Investigation of Historic Buildings

"Structural Investigation of Historic Buildings: A Case Study Guide to Preservation Technology for Buildings, Bridges, Towers, and Mills provides a practical guide for consulting structural engineers and others on dealing with issues unique to historic structures. Emphasizing structural evaluation and condition assessment based on sound preservation philosophy, but without burdening the reader with tedious calculations, the book discusses the role of the structural engineer in the evaluation and preservation process and discusses such topics as structural safety, analysis, and conservation."--Publisher's website.

Bulletin - Association for Preservation Technology
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 468

Bulletin - Association for Preservation Technology

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1997
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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