This book gives bridge engineers clear guidance on design and includes 88 data sheets of design information; charts and check lists.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Very Useful!By NanaIm a fairly accomplished seamstress; and Ive been seized with the desire to develop some authentic period costumes for modern dolls in several sizes. This book is going to be a great help. It is illustrated with clear line drawings from images; portraits; and publications of the 150 years covered. The author has broken the time period down into five-year intervals and provides brief but useful descriptions of fabrics; fashion trends; and accessories such as hats. The book was originally published in 1930; and the author herself has recollections of being dressed in some of the later styles she describes.I enjoyed my first reading and am looking forward to using the book for the work I want to do.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. 150 years of juvenile clothesBy ChrijeffThough the title describes these costumes as of English children; its likely that they were copied throughout the civilized world; so the book will be useful to anyone interested in juvenile wear--a type often ignored in historic-costume surveys--regardless of nation. The earliest record of clothing specifically designed for children is found in paintings of them around 1775; and so Iris Brooke begins her survey there. With a new double spread for (mostly) every five years thereafter; she gives a sketch and a written description of kidwear for both boys and girls as history proceeds--from shirts with ruffle-edged V necks to bobbed hair adorned with huge butterfly bows. Here are Kate Greenaway-style clothes; high-waisted Empire gowns and visible pantalets; soldier- and sailor-style suits; pinafores; hats and bonnets of every size; kilts and Eton jackets; David Copperfield caps; flounced skirts and bustled skirts; Lord Fauntleroy suits; Buster Brown suits; and many others. A brief authors preface and an introduction by noted Victorian scholar James Laver provides background history of the subject.