practical cantilevering
1bridge — bridge1 bridgeable, adj. bridgeless, adj. bridgelike, adj. /brij/, n., v., bridged, bridging, adj. n. 1. a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like. 2. a connecting, transitional, or intermediate route or… …
2Inventions in the modern Islamic world — [ Abdus Salam, the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics recipient, include the electroweak interaction, electroweak symmetry breaking, magnetic photon, neutral current, preon, W and Z bosons, supergeometry, supermanifold, superspace and superfield.] This… …
3Western architecture — Introduction history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present. The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… …
4Eads, James B. — ▪ American engineer in full James Buchanan Eads born May 23, 1820, Lawrenceburg, Ind., U.S. died March 8, 1887, Nassau, Bahamas American engineer best known for his triple arch steel bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Mo. (1874) …
5Modern architecture — This article is about architectural aspects of modernization and modernism. For most recent developments in architecture, see Contemporary architecture. Contrasts in modern architecture, as shown by adjacent high rises in Chicago, Illinois. IBM… …
