Blinded by smallpox at the age of six, John Metcalf (17171810), popularly known as Blind Jack of Knaresborough, nevertheless became one of the eighteenth centurys great road builders. Published in 1795, his engaging memoirs recount an eventful li...Lasīt vairāk
A distinguished consulting engineer and professor of civil engineering, Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (18391907) specialised in canals, docks, and river works. This illustrated two-volume survey covers the design and construction of tidal and floo...Lasīt vairāk
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A distinguished consulting engineer and professor of civil engineering, Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (18391907) specialised in canals, docks, and river works. This illustrated two-volume survey covers the design and construction of tidal and floo...Lasīt vairāk
Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (18391907) drew on a distinguished career in canal and river engineering for this illustrated two-volume survey, here reissued in its enlarged 1896 second edition. Having started as an assistant to the civil engineer...Lasīt vairāk
In 1837, Scottish civil engineer David Stevenson (1815-86) travelled to North America to observe the workings of its expanding infrastructure. This influential study, published in 1838, covers the works, materials and construction methods in operati...Lasīt vairāk
The civil engineer Frank Latham had gained extensive practical experience in his field by the time he published this work in 1903. Intended as an illustrated work of reference, the book covers the contemporary methods and materials used in the...Lasīt vairāk
Appointed professor of natural and experimental philosophy and astronomy at Londons newly established Kings College in 1831, Henry Moseley (1801-72) was instrumental in the creation of the institutions department of engineering and applied s...Lasīt vairāk
Published in 1882-5, this two-volume work, illustrated throughout, appeared when electric lighting was a fresh and propitious technological development....Lasīt vairāk
Published in 1882-5, this two-volume work, illustrated throughout, appeared when electric lighting was a fresh and propitious technological development....Lasīt vairāk
Published 1828-30, this two-volume work provides documentation and historical information relating to a remarkable swathe of eastern England....Lasīt vairāk
Published 1828-30, this two-volume work provides documentation and historical information relating to a remarkable swathe of eastern England....Lasīt vairāk
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Published in 182830, this two-volume work comprises a history of a remarkable swathe of eastern England, the Great Level of the Fens, as well as relevant documentation. It was originally prepared chiefly for the members of the Bedford Level Corporat...Lasīt vairāk
After flooding destroyed several bridges across the Tyne in November 1771, the mathematician Charles Hutton (17371823) published this mathematical treatment the following year. The work demonstrates the preferred dimensions of arches and piers, and...Lasīt vairāk
The politician Sir Henry Parnell (17761842) was instrumental in the improvement of the important road linking London with Holyhead, a major port for communication with Dublin. In 1833 Parnell published this thorough explanation of road construction...Lasīt vairāk
