Underpinning : : Its Practice and Applications / / Lazarus White, Edmund Astley Prentis.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Prentis, Edmund Astley,; White, Lazarus,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1950]; ©1950
• Year of Publication: 1950
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (376 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Foreword --; Preface to the First Edition --; Preface to the Second Edition --; Contents --; Illustrations --; I. General Considerations --; II. Preliminary Support --; III. Underpinning Methods --; IV. Examples of Underpinning --; V. Applications of Underpinning Methods to Other Work --; VI. Raising and Mooing Structures --; VII. An Introduction to the Science of Foundations --; VIII. The White House --; Appendices --; A. Specifications (Including Payments) --; B. Legal Aspects of Underpinning and Foundation Work --; C. Rates of Pay --; Glossary of Terms Used in Underpinning --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231898973; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/pren94498
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Lazarus White, Edmund Astley Prentis.

Studies the engineering fields necessary for the infrastructure in the United States. Considers issues related to skyscapers, bridges, soil mechanics and includes a look at the underpinning of the White House.