!!!Melan, Josef

b. Vienna, Nov. 18, 1853, 
d. Prague (Czech Republic), Feb. 6, 1941, bridge builder, father 
of Ernst  Melan. Professor at the Universities of Technology in 
Vienna, Bruenn (Brno) and Prague. Invented a new construction method 
for bridges which was particularly suited to the construction of 
arches using reinforced concrete ("M. construction"), designed 
numerous bridges in Europe and in the USA.

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Work: Der Brueckenbau, 3 vols., 1900-1917.



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