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Proposal for an iron tower: 300 metres in height

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2005

Claudette Roland  and
Patrick Weidman
Claudette Roland
Affiliation:
PO Box 24035, Los Angeles, CA 90024, [email protected]
Patrick Weidman
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0427, [email protected]
Editors’ note:At the translators’ suggestion, Eiffel’s text and illustrations have been printed as closely as possible to the original format and layout.
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Abstract

In this previously untranslated text, Gustave Eiffel explains the technical rationale of his then controversial tower and argues persuasively for its practical uses and cultural value to Paris.

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arq: Architectural Research Quarterly , Volume 8 , Issue 3-4 , December 2004 , pp. 215 - 245
Copyright
2004 Cambridge University Press

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