Reports of the Late Mr. John Smeaton, F.R.S. Made on Various Occasions in the Course of His Employment of an Engineer. Printed for a Select Committee of Civil-Engineers, and Sold by Mr. Faden, ... Vol. I. of 1;

Reports of the Late Mr. John Smeaton, F.R.S. Made on Various Occasions in the Course of His Employment of an Engineer. Printed for a Select Committee of Civil-Engineers, and Sold by Mr. Faden, ... Vol. I. of 1;
Author: JOHN. SMEATON
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2018-04-22
Genre:
ISBN: 9781385144527

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T147678 The plates are included in the pagination. No more published. Reissued in 1812 with a new titlepage, when the work was completed in 4 vols. London: printed by S. Brooke, 1797. xxxii,412p., plates: port.; 4°

Civil Engineers and Engineering in Britain, 1600-1830

Civil Engineers and Engineering in Britain, 1600-1830
Author: A. W. Skempton
Publisher: Variorum Publishing
Total Pages: 378
Release: 1996
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

This volume is concerned with the development of civil engineering in Britain, from the 16th to the early-19th century. After a new introductory essay, Professor Skempton looks at the engineers themselves, their careers, and their emergence as a recognised profession. Two articles deal in particular with John Smeaton, 'the greatest engineer of his time', and the Smeatonian Society; others are concerned with the builders of river navigations, docks and harbours and fen drainage schemes. This theme is continued in the second part, which concentrates on the engineering of these works, for instance, the Thames navigation, and the London docks. It also includes two studies on key developments in the structure of multi-storey mills.