Re: OT: 10 Technology Disasters

From: <Christopher>
Date: Sat May 18 2002 - 12:54:00 EDT

>What do a 17th-century Swedish warship, an opulent Chicago theater and a
>Kansas City hotel "skyway" have in common?
Good article. Check _The Tender Ship: Governmental Management of Technological Change_ by Arthur Squires. The title refers to the 17th-century Swedish warship, Vasa, which capsized on her maiden voyage. Any of Henry Petrowski's books are excellent tutorials for engineers and designers. No equations, but a lot of insight.

Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at <a href="/group/PipingDesign/post?postID=0NXUyAHXUwfYSehFGRgIvNtA-oQxg2bGAp7INLiyoKRGrLHUUq0vHhGJLfjy1Hn5HNkRTKgaGrxGYPY">chrisw@skypoint.com</a> | this distance" (last words of Gen.

___________________________| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania 1864)

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