Vyhledávat v databázi titulů je možné dle ISBN, ISSN, EAN, č. ČNB, OCLC či vlastního identifikátoru. Vyhledávat lze i v databázi autorů dle id autority či jména.
Projekt ObalkyKnih.cz sdružuje různé zdroje informací o knížkách do jedné, snadno použitelné webové služby. Naše databáze v tuto chvíli obsahuje 2906456 obálek a 877214 obsahů českých a zahraničních publikací. Naše API využívá většina knihoven v ČR.
Mead, Daniel W. | |
|
Autor: Mead, Daniel W.
Rok: 1862-1948 Daniel W. Mead (March 6, 1862 – October 13, 1948) was born in Fulton, Oswego County, New York. In 1904, he was made head of the Department of Hydraulics and Sanitary Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Wisconsin. In the early 1900s, he established the consulting firm Mead and Seastone, forerunner to the Madison engineering firm of Mead & Hunt. Mead became president of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1936, which recognizes him in the annual Daniel W. Mead essay contest. He designed hydroelectric plants. He was the first president of the Technical Club of Madison in 1921. He was appointed by President Calvin Coolidge in 1928 to the Colorado River Board commission to study the Hoover Dam project. |