The Great Book of Cranes, by Arne and Peter Bosman

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25 April 2008

Father and son, Peter and Arne Bosman, decided to write a book on cranes following an unsuccessful trip to the local library to find Arne (6) a book to help him build a Lego crane. The Bosmans requested information from crane manufacturers and equipment users around the world to compile this basic i n t r o d u c t i o n t o lifting machines. The book looks at mobile, tower, crawler, offshore and air cranes, explaining them in terms understandable to youngsters but also of interest to adults.

The book is available from the publishers at www.publimix.nl/hijskranen.htm

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