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A one-volume reissue of text and plate volumes, originally published in 1885 by a civil engineer with widely acknowledged expertise.
List of contents
Preface; Part I. Harbours: 1. Preliminary considerations; 2. Waves; 3. Tides, currents, and changes in coasts; 4. Forms of harbours; 5. Jetties and breakwaters; 6. Breakwaters formed of a mound and superstructure; 7. Upright-wall breakwaters; 8. Jetty harbours with parallel jetties; 9. Harbours with converging jetties; 10. Harbours protected by rubble mound breakwaters; 11. Harbours protected by rubble and concrete-block mound breakwaters; 12. Mediterranean harbours with slight superstructures; 13. Harbours protected by a rubble mound; 14. Harbours protected by sorted rubble and concrete-block mounds; 15. Harbours protected by a rubble mound, and a superstructure; 16. Harbours sheltered by upright-wall breakwaters; 17. Harbours on sandy coasts; 18. Lighthouses, beacons, buoys, and removal of sunken rocks; Part II. Docks: 19. Sites and preliminary works for docks; 20. Dock walls, pitched slopes, and jetties; 21. Entrances and locks, dock-gates, caissons, graving docks, movable bridges; 22. Various works and appliances for docks; 23. Descriptions of docks; 24. Descriptions of docks (cont.); 25. Descriptions of docks (cont.); 26. Government dockyards; 27. Foreign docks; 28. Foreign docks and river quays; Appendices 1-7; Index.
Summary
Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1839–1907), a respected civil engineer, published this work in two volumes in 1885. This one-volume reissue combines his text - on the history, construction and commercial use of harbours and docks - with illustrative plates, including plans and maps of specific case studies.
