CONTENTS Foreward 5 Preface 9 Preface to the first, German edition 11 1. The tasks and aims of a historical study of theory of structures 20 2. Learning from the history of structural analysis : 11 introductory essays 30 3. The first fundamental engineering science disciplines : theory of structures and applied mechanics 142 4. From masonry arch to elastic arch 186 5. The beginnings of a theory of structures 250 6. The discipline-formation period to theory of structures 306 7. From construction with iron to modern structural steelwork 396 8. Member analysis conquers the third dimension : the spatial framework 474 9. Reinforced concrete's influence on theory of structures496 10. From classical to modern theory of structures 570 11. Twelve scientific controversies in mechanics and theory of structures 674 12. Perspectives for theory of structures 692 Brief biographies 712 Bibliography 778 Name Index 831 Subject Index 839