Lexington and Concord: The 19th of April, 1775

Lexington and Concord: The 19th of April, 1775The "shot heard round the world" that ignited the American Revolution was fired when a passing force of British soldiers encountered a colonial militia on the village green in Lexington, Massachusetts. Who fired that shot? The British claimed it was an American; the Americans insisted on the opposite. Many romantic legends about embattled colonists and ruthless redcoats arose in the succeeding years. This was the first book to critically examine and

This excellent historical survey of the strength of materials with many references to the theories of elasticity and structures is based on an extensive series of lectures delivered by the author at Stanford University

The discussion is designed for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate study

a noted art historian

At one time we stopped to cut away branches and vines which concealed the face of a monument

published by Georg Wigand

the fundamentals developed here constitute the common language of engineering

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the tactics of attack and defense

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the plight of the worker and his age-long struggle to better his lot

46 illustrations by Harry Furniss

and statesman — regarded the world as a puzzle to be solved