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Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > Building construction & materials > Conservation of buildings & building materials
Edward Jenner is perhaps the world's most famous doctor. He
developed a vaccination for smallpox beginning in 1796, long before
the world knew about bacteria and viruses. He has been described as
`the man who saved more lives than anyone else'. He bought The
Chantry at Berkeley in 1785 and modified it to make a home fit for
his beloved wife, Catherine. This book is the result of a
three-year investigation that set out to discover the house that
Jenner prepared for Catherine. It traces the origin of the house,
which was built in 1707, and the many changes throughout the next
300 years. It turns out that the site has a history going back to
Anglo-Saxon times. Edward Jenner lived there for only thirty-six
years, but the house has been much changed since. The investigation
set out to define the house that Edward Jenner lived in, separating
it from the original and many changes afterwards. The book includes
a great deal of information and stories about the people involved,
including Edward Jenner and his family and estate. It also includes
the inventory of Jenner's goods in 1823 and profiles of the
internal plasterwork, which may be of interest to restorers and
historians.
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Butte
(Hardcover)
Ken Hamlin, Terry Lonner, Martha Lonner
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R624
Discovery Miles 6 240
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Lincoln
(Hardcover)
Edward Zimmer, James McKee
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R681
Discovery Miles 6 810
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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The book presents the work of the RILEM Technical Committee
249-ISC. Addressing the effective application of new
recommendations for non-destructive in situ strength assessment of
concrete, it provides information about the different steps of the
investigation and processing of test results, until the delivery of
strength estimates, and includes tables giving the minimum required
number of cores in a variety of situations as well as several
examples of how the recommendations can be used in practice. The
book explores a topic which is of major importance, i.e. the
assessment of concrete compressive strength in existing structures.
This property (both mean and standard deviation) is a key input in
many cases, such as the reinforcement of structures, the safety
checking, the extension of service life. As the new RILEM
recommendations imply a deep revision (and improvement) of field
practice, the book is intended for managers of structures,
structural engineers and specialists of NDT that have to answer
these issues. More widely, it will benefit engineers and students
who are interested in NDT and in the safety analysis of structures.
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