Sparrow, Walter Shaw, 1862-, Brangwyn, Frank, Sir, 1867-1956. illus · London, John Lane; New York, John Lane Company · leaf 434
the wide Menai Straits ? This would be enough toconvince them that a few recent bridge-builders had for-saken ancient forms in order to give expression to generativeideas. The concept of metal bridges may have come to Europefrom China. In the seventeenth century Kircher saw anddescribed a Chinese… … X - O ft EVOLUTION OF UNFORTIFIED BRIDGES 345 Beaucaire to Tarascon, covering a distance of more than438 metres.* Who can explain why backward China hashit upon many fertile ideas before the more enterprisingnations ? Why has she not learnt to rule the world ? Per-haps her body has been too…
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