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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 850
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Technical Abstract Bulletin
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 850
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 850
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List of Additions to the Printed Books in the British Museum in the Years MDCCCXXXVI-MDCCCXXXVIII.
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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NASA Scientific and Technical Publications
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 980
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 980
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Catalogus Librorum Impressorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae in Academia Oxoniensi
Author: Bodleian Library
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 932
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 932
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Publishers' circular and booksellers' record
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Languages : en
Pages : 896
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Languages : en
Pages : 896
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1st, 2d Report of [the] Commissioners
Author: Great Britain. Commissions. Local taxation
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Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Publishers' Weekly
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Languages : en
Pages : 882
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Pages : 882
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Willis's Price Current of Literature and Monthly Book Advertiser
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Pages : 814
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Pages : 814
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Old Wheelways
Author: Robert L. McCullough
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262029464
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
How American bicyclists shaped the landscape and left traces of their journeys for us in writing, illustrations, and photographs. In the later part of the nineteenth century, American bicyclists were explorers, cycling through both charted and uncharted territory. These wheelmen and wheelwomen became keen observers of suburban and rural landscapes, and left copious records of their journeys—in travel narratives, journalism, maps, photographs, illustrations. They were also instrumental in the construction of roads and paths (“wheelways”)—building them, funding them, and lobbying legislators for them. Their explorations shaped the landscape and the way we look at it, yet with few exceptions their writings have been largely overlooked by landscape scholars, and many of the paths cyclists cleared have disappeared. In Old Wheelways, Robert McCullough restores the pioneering cyclists of the nineteenth century to the history of American landscapes. McCullough recounts marathon cycling trips around the Northeast undertaken by hardy cyclists, who then describe their journeys in such magazines as The Wheelman Illustrated and Bicycling World; the work of illustrators (including Childe Hassam, before his fame as a painter); efforts by cyclists to build better rural roads and bicycle paths; and conflicts with park planners, including the famous Olmsted Firm, who often opposed separate paths for bicycles. Today's ubiquitous bicycle lanes owe their origins to nineteenth century versions, including New York City's “asphalt ribbons.” Long before there were “rails to trails,” there was a movement to adapt existing passageways—including aqueduct corridors, trolley rights-of-way, and canal towpaths—for bicycling. The campaigns for wheelways, McCullough points out, offer a prologue to nearly every obstacle faced by those advocating bicycle paths and lanes today. McCullough's text is enriched by more than one hundred historic images of cyclists (often attired in skirts and bonnets, suits and ties), country lanes, and city streets.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262029464
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
How American bicyclists shaped the landscape and left traces of their journeys for us in writing, illustrations, and photographs. In the later part of the nineteenth century, American bicyclists were explorers, cycling through both charted and uncharted territory. These wheelmen and wheelwomen became keen observers of suburban and rural landscapes, and left copious records of their journeys—in travel narratives, journalism, maps, photographs, illustrations. They were also instrumental in the construction of roads and paths (“wheelways”)—building them, funding them, and lobbying legislators for them. Their explorations shaped the landscape and the way we look at it, yet with few exceptions their writings have been largely overlooked by landscape scholars, and many of the paths cyclists cleared have disappeared. In Old Wheelways, Robert McCullough restores the pioneering cyclists of the nineteenth century to the history of American landscapes. McCullough recounts marathon cycling trips around the Northeast undertaken by hardy cyclists, who then describe their journeys in such magazines as The Wheelman Illustrated and Bicycling World; the work of illustrators (including Childe Hassam, before his fame as a painter); efforts by cyclists to build better rural roads and bicycle paths; and conflicts with park planners, including the famous Olmsted Firm, who often opposed separate paths for bicycles. Today's ubiquitous bicycle lanes owe their origins to nineteenth century versions, including New York City's “asphalt ribbons.” Long before there were “rails to trails,” there was a movement to adapt existing passageways—including aqueduct corridors, trolley rights-of-way, and canal towpaths—for bicycling. The campaigns for wheelways, McCullough points out, offer a prologue to nearly every obstacle faced by those advocating bicycle paths and lanes today. McCullough's text is enriched by more than one hundred historic images of cyclists (often attired in skirts and bonnets, suits and ties), country lanes, and city streets.