Author Dibner, Bern.

Title Moving the obelisks : a chapter in engineering history in which the Vatican obelisk in Rome in 1586 was moved by muscle power, and a study of more recent similar moves / by Bern Dibner.

Imprint Norwalk, Conn. : Burndy Library, 1991.
Location Call Number Status
 Monograph Collection  TH153 .D53 1991  AVAILABLE
Description 61, [3] p., II folded leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
Series Publication (Burndy Library) ; no. 6.
Note Originally published in 1950.
Colophon: Lunenburg, Vermont : Printed by the Stinehour Press.
Title vignette.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 61).
Subject(s) Dibner Library -- Catalogs.
Obelisks -- Italy -- Rome.
Moving of buildings, bridges, etc.
Alternate Author Burndy Library.