Search Results - "Eiffel Tower"

Thirty-six views of the Eiffel Tower / by Rivière, Henri, 1864-1951

La Tour Eiffel de 300 mètres : Description du monument, sa construction, ses organes mécaniques, son but et son utilité by Tissandier, Gaston

Subjects: “…Eiffel Tower (Paris, France) - Design and construction.…”
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The Eiffel Tower, a tour de force : its centennial exhibition /

Robert Delaunay and the city of lights.

Table of Contents: “…Stage-by-stage through the Eiffel Tower's evolution /…”

Nineteenth-century European art by Chu, Petra ten-Doesschate

Table of Contents: “…When the Eiffel Tower was new --…”

The woods are on fire : new and selected poems by Jackson, Fleda Brown, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Kayak and the Eiffel Tower --…”
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Souvenir by Potts, Rolf

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: an embarrassment of Eiffel Towers -- Souvenirs in the age of pilgrimage -- Souvenirs in the age of Enlightenment -- Interlude: museums of the personal -- Souvenirs in the age of mechanical reproduction -- Souvenirs and human suffering -- Souvenirs and (the complicated notion of) authenticity -- Souvenirs, memory, and the shortness of life.…”
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Theatre Café Plays Three. by Schober, Holger

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Vintage ephemera : from the collection of Cavallini & Co by Coleman, Brian D.

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France : modern architectures in history by Cohen, Jean-Louis

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Historical dictionary of architecture by Palmer, Allison Lee, 1963-

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Duchamp in context : science and technology in the Large glass and related works by Henderson, Linda Dalrymple, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Conclusion, I: New thoughts on style and content in relation to science and technology in Duchamp's Large glass ; The Musée des Arts et Métiers, Roussel, and Duchamp's humorous invention of a "Plastically imaged mixture of events" ; The "Large glass" as a scientific-technological allegory of love and life: The Virgin, Persephone, and the Eiffel Tower ; Conclusion, II: An overview of Duchamp's playful science and technology in the Large glass and related early works ; From Bergsonian Cubism to science and invention: a "Continuum of-- magnetization or of repulsion" ; A review of science, technology, and self-fashioning in Duchamp's early works, the "Large Glass" Project, and the readymades ; The "Large glass" in the context of early twentieth-century modernism ; Coda: Extensions and echoes of the Large glass ; Electricity and electromagnetism in Duchamp's later works ; The 1950s Legal tablet listings: thoughts of another "box"? …”
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Afternoon of a Faun : How Debussy Created a New Music for the Modern World. by Snyder, Harvey Lee

Table of Contents: “…In the Shadow of Eiffel's Tower; Chapter 7. New Friends, New Directions (1890-1893); Chapter 8. …”
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Physics of Blackness : beyond the middle passage epistemology by Wright, Michelle M., 1968-

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Challenging Glass 3. by Bos, Freek

Table of Contents: “…Project for the Eiffel Tower: Constructive GeometryChallenges in the Design, Fabrication and Installation of Glass Structures Comprising of Super Jumbo Glass Sheets; Glass Walls Carrying the Roof and Withstanding the Wind Load on the Facade: Conservatory of the Museum in Dordrecht and Raaks Glass Cube in Haarlem; Inclined Glass Fins for the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture; Design of Suspended Glass Ceiling Structure in High Sesimic Hazard Zones; Designing a Glass Pavillion to Protect an Ancient Greek Temple; A True All-Glass Staircase…”
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Practical applications of engineering economics by Sharma, Kal Renganathan

Table of Contents: “…Benefit-to-cost ratio and public sector initiatives -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Marshall Plan -- 3.1.2 Taj Mahal -- 3.1.3 Great Wall of China -- 3.1.4 Pyramid of Giza -- 3.1.5 Eiffel Tower -- 3.1.6 Suez Canal -- 3.1.7 Hoover Dam -- 3.1.8 Apollo Program -- 3.1.9 NASA Mars science laboratory mission -- 3.1.10 Interstate highways -- 3.2 B-C-D method. …”
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Anticipate : the art of leading by looking ahead by De Jong, Rob-Jan

Table of Contents: “…Utzon's MasterpieceJumping Off the Eiffel Tower; Passion and Authenticity; Discovery Mode; Covey, Stories, and Pearls; Mediating Reality; Danone's Ecosystem; Chapter 7: Mindful Behavior; Solar Roadways; Mindfulnesslessness; Foolish Consistency; Mindfulness, Take Two; Curiosity; Powerful Questions; Conversation Surprise; Working Your Swing; Recategorizing Practices; New Information Practices; Multiple View Practices; Part 4: Visionary Communication; Chapter 8: Igniting Your Followers; Hygiene Factors; Gettysburg Address; The Power of Language; Workhorse Verbs; Notions of Loss.…”
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Don't fall for it : a short history of financial scams by Carlson, Benjamin Patrick, 1981-

Table of Contents: “…-- Radio -- The Placebo Effect -- Correlation Does Not Imply Causation -- Same as It Ever Was -- Notes -- Chapter 2 How to Sell Anything -- The Count -- Selling the Eiffel Tower -- Everyone Is in Sales -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Fast Money -- The Promise of Huge Returns with Minimal Effort -- When Trust Goes too Far -- Do Your Homework -- Notes -- Chapter 4 It's the End of the World as We Know It -- Cognitive Dissonance -- The Man Who Walked on Water -- No One Knows What's Going to Happen…”
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Structural engineering for architects : a handbook by Silver, Pete (Architect)

Table of Contents: “…Pancras Railway Station Shed4.2.3 Eiffel Tower; 4.2.4 Forth Rail Bridge; 4.2.5 All-Russia Exhibition; 4.2.6 Tetrahedral Tower; 4.2.7 Magazzini Generali Warehouse; 4.2.8 Zarzuela Hippodrome; 4.3 1950-1999; 4.3.1 Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT); 4.3.2 Los Manantiales Restaurant; 4.3.3 Concrete Shell Structures, England; 4.3.4 Geodesic Domes; 4.3.5 Palazzo del Lavoro (Palace of Labor); 4.3.6 Concrete Shell Structures, Switzerland; 4.3.7 Jefferson National Expansion Monument ("Gateway Arch"); 4.3.8 Maxi/Mini/Midi Systems; 4.3.9 Tensegrity Structures.…”
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