Power, Speed, and Form: Engineers and the Making of the Twentieth Century

Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540

In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, 3 Market Place, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1SY

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Billington, David P.

Power, speed, and form : engineers and the making of the twentieth century /

David P. Billington and David P. Billington Jr.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-691-10292-4 (hardcover : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 0-691-10292-9 (hardcover : alk. paper)

1. Engineering—United States—History. 2. Engineers—United States.

I. Billington, David P., 1953– . II. Title.

TA23.B48 2006

620.00973—dc22

2005037085

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This book has been composed in Electra, Myriad and Coronet

Printed on acid-free paper. ∞

Printed in the United States of America

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