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Gustave Eiffel (Archipockets) (Multilingual Edition) [Hardcover]

Aurora Cuito (Editor), Cristina Montes (Editor)

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Publication Date: March 2003 | Series: Archipockets

Gustave Alexandre Eiffel (Dijon 1832-Paris 1923). This French civil engineer and constructor, is famous for the Eiffel Tower in Paris. He studied at the ?cole Central des Arts et Manufactures, where he demonstrated his interest in metal construction, graduated in Chemical Engineering and in 1866 founded his own company. He directed the building of an iron railway bridge at Bordeaux and the design of the movable dome of the observatory at Nice. He finished his greatest project, the Eiffel Tower, in 1889, in time for the Centennial Exposition, causing commotion and amazement among the artists of the period and the world in general. His next large-scale project was the Panama Canal.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 80 pages
Publisher: Te Neues Publishing Company (March 2003)
Language: Multilingual
ISBN-10: 3823855409
ISBN-13: 978-3823855408
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.8 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.1 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,336,509 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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In 1856, Charles Nepveu introduced his protege, Eiffel, into the period's most important French railroad company. Read the first page

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Gustave Eiffel, Pedestrian Bridge, Charles Nepveu, Wilhelm Nordling, L�on Boyer

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