The Architect And Engineer Vol 115

The Architect and Engineer, Vol. 115

Excerpt from The Architect and Engineer, Vol. 115: October, 1933 At America's back door, buried beneath a vast carpet of almost impenetrable jungle, lies a great culture. Pathetic to relate, it remained undiscovered until recent times. Within the relentless jungle grasp are treasures untold, treasures in gold and jade, treasures in architectural form of entirely new motifs. The country is the great peninsula of Yucatan and adjacent areas. The masters are known as the ancient Mayas. Throughout this land where now the jaguar and the vulture enact their grim ritual, lie scattered pages of stone from the history book of a vanished civilization. Some remain aloft. Some have been torn from their places by jungle growth or the ignorant, destructive hand of man. Yet each building remains a page, each city a chapter, in the history of a wonderful race - buildings and cities unbelievably vast and beautiful. Yet torn and mutilated asthis book seems, the pages are there and may be repaired. They are cities of silence now, their builders lost, forgotten. Where once an ultra civilization reared its dignity in stone, now parrots chatter and death slinks on soft, jungle feet. Where once walked youth and wisdom now stand closely packed boles, struggling in vain against the strangle hold of an army of parasites. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Catalogue of the Library of the Institution of Civil Engineers ...: Pe-Z. Addenda: including the titles of works added to the library during the printing of the catalogue, and those omitted from the general body of the work. Appendix: being a catalogue of the horological library bequeathed to the institution by B.L. Vulliamy

Tunnels and Underground Cities: Engineering and Innovation Meet Archaeology, Architecture and Art

Tunnels and Underground Cities: Engineering and Innovation meet Archaeology, Architecture and Art. Volume 6: Innovation in underground engineering, materials and equipment - Part 2 contains the contributions presented in the eponymous Technical Session during the World Tunnel Congress 2019 (Naples, Italy, 3-9 May 2019). The use of underground space is continuing to grow, due to global urbanization, public demand for efficient transportation, and energy saving, production and distribution. The growing need for space at ground level, along with its continuous value increase and the challenges of energy saving and achieving sustainable development objectives, demand greater and better use of the underground space to ensure that it supports sustainable, resilient and more liveable cities. The contributions cover a wide range of topics, from artificial intelligence techniques for geomechanical forecasting, via fiber reinforced concrete segmental lining, to advanced 4-channel scan systems for tunnel inspection. The book is a valuable reference text for tunnelling specialists, owners, engineers, archaeologists, architects, artists and others involved in underground planning, design and building around the world, and for academics who are interested in underground constructions and geotechnics.