Prager Frank D (52 results)

Condition: acceptable. This book is a well used but readable copy. Integrity of the book is still intact with no missing pages. May have notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Light wear to the corners, text clean.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Brunelleschi: Studies of His Technology and Inventions. Book.

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Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Comprehensive book describes how Filippo Brunelleschi built the dome of Florence's famed cathedral: masonry techniques, construction concepts, and more. A pioneer of Italian Renaissance architecture, Filippo Brunelleschi (13771446) is most famous for his daring and original ideas, among them the magnificent dome of Florence's famed cathedral - Santa Maria del Fiore. For the project, which was started in 1420 and substantially completed by 1434, Brunelleschi designed a huge dome without supporting framework. The construction took place during much of his lifetime and formed the basis of Italian architecture of the period. Complemented by 28 photographs and 18 line illustrations, this comprehensive narrative describes Brunelleschi's many remarkable achievements, among them masonry techniques for building the cupola; construction concepts, including the use of stone and wood chains; machines he devised and built (a reversible hoist and elevated cranes); and other inventions. Of value to students of architecture and engineering, this volume will appeal to anyone with an interest in Renaissance studies. Comprehensive book describes how Filippo Brunelleschi built the dome of Florence's famed cathedral: masonry techniques, construction concepts, and more. 28 halftones. 18 line illustrations. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: As New. Reprint of 1970 Edition. Brunelleschi, a pioneer of Italian Renaissance architecture, is most famous for his daring and original ideas. Covers masonry techniques, construction concepts, machines he devised and built, and other inventions. 28 photos and 18 line illustrations, 152 pages.; 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 ".…

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. 9" X 6 1/4". xii, 230pp. Mild rubbing, bumps, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: On Engines, dated 1433, is an early and previously unknown treatise on engineering which was prepared for King Sigismund's arrival in Siena as he traveled to Rome for rites of coronation. Mariano Taccola has been described as a designer of military devices, but the drawings and texts of De ingeneis show his interest in the field of technology to encompass far more than the machines of attack and defense. He deals actively, at times creatively, with bridges and their foundations, with harbors, harbor equipment for the loading of freight, aqueducts both above and below ground, equipment for operating the wells at the end of an aqueduct, mill houses, and the machines and power plants associated with them. The numerous figures and landscapes that accompany his texts also reveal Taccola to be an interesting and original Sienese artist. He portrays human figures in situations that seldom appear in the major arts, and the nature studies among the vignettes beside his texts are distinctive to his art. As in a previous study of Brunelleschi's technology and inventions (MIT Press 1970), the authors represent different viewpoints in their analysis; Frank Prager, the history of technology, and Gustina Scaglia, the history of art. Together they have transcribed and translated the Latin texts and indicated the original form of De ingeneis from manuscripts in two libraries. They have summarized as much as is known about Taccola, whose work earned him the name of "the Sienese Archimedes," and have evaluated his achievements as writer, graphic artist, and engineer.(Publisher).…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. illustrated edition. 176 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Condition: very good(+). very good(-). First. Illustrated in b/w. 152 pages. Thin 8vo, silver cloth, chipped d.w. Cambridge: MIT Press, (1970). First edition. A very good(+) copy in very good(-) dust wrapper.

2004 Prager, Frank D BRUNELLESCHI: STUDIES OF HIS TECHNOLOGY AND INVENTIONS NY: Dover Publications, c2004 152pp, illus, index lg 8vo New trade softcover copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. No marks in text. No inscriptions etc. Not a library book. Ships today in a cardboard enclosure. Tim's Used Books, open shop in Provincetown, Massachusetts, providing good books at reasonable prices on the same spot since 1991. Shelf NC/gray.…

Condition: New. Brand New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. pp. xiii + 152 Illus.

Condition: New. pp. xiii + 152.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. From the library Dr. Owen Hannaway. Hannaway was director of the Center for the History and Philosophy of Science at Johns Hopkins University. He authored numerous books and served as an editor of academic magazines in the history of science. Partial list of publications: Chemists and the Word: The Didactic Origins of Chemistry (1975); Observation, Experiment, and Hypothesis in Modern Physical Science (1985); The Evolution of Technology (1989); Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century (1994); and The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages: Their Religious, Institutional and Intellectual Contexts (1996).…

brossura. Condition: nuovo. NEW BOOK PAG 152.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No marks or highlighting in the book. Our copy is hardback, no dust jacket, showing shelf-wear.

1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xiii, 152 pages, illustrations, 24 cm. Notes; Illus. incl. elevation, plan and diagr. Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Beginnings of Brunelleschian concepts -- Brunelleschi's 'masonry work' -- The new concepts for construction -- Drawings of Brunelleschian machines -- History of Brunelleschi's machines -- Brunelleschi as patentee and contractor -- Brunelleschi on invention and building. Subjects; Brunelleschi, Filippo 1377-1446. Fourteenth century, Architecture. Technological innovations. Architectural design. Architecture History, Italy. Quattrocento : Italy : Early Renaissance architecture. Italy : building science : history. Inventions : history. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. xiii, 1 leaf, 152 pp; 38 illus. Original cloth. Near Fine, in very good+ dust jacket.