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Published 1812-14, this illustrated four-volume set contains the reports and technical papers of Britain's foremost eighteenth-century civil engineer.
List of contents
1. London Bridge; 2. Forth and Clyde; 3. Calder and Aire; 4. River Aire canal; 5. Lea navigation; 6. New River works; 7. River Ure navigation; 8. Hewick Bridge; 9. Birmingham navigation; 10. Bude haven canal; 11. Kingston and Ewell canal; 12. River Tyne canal; 13. Kanquarry canal; 14. Knottingly navigation; 15. Sowerby Bridge canal; 16. Dublin grand canal; 17. Tyrone canal; 18. North Level fens; 19. Hatfield Chase level; 20. Knightsbridge drain; 21. Carlisle queries; 22. Thames Embankment; 23. Coquett dam; 24. Lumley Castle; 25. Kinnaird engine; 26. York water-works engine; 27. Lumley colliery engine; 28. Chase water engine; 29. Cronstadt engine; 30. Gateshead Park engine; 31. Ravensburn engine; 32. Seacroft coke furnace; 33. Coal engine; 34. Mr Westgarth's engine; 35. Corn mill; 36. Gosport water-works; 37. Chimney windmill; 38. Oil mill, at Hull; 39. Lead hills works; 40. Mill for grindstones; 41. Bocking fulling mill; 42. Flint mill at Leeds; 43. Pudding mill; 44. Dalry mills; 45. Kilnhurst forge; 46. Thornton water wheel; 47. Lord Irwin's water engine.
Summary
Celebrated as the builder of the Eddystone Lighthouse near Plymouth, John Smeaton (1724–92) made major contributions to civil engineering. Posthumously published between 1812 and 1814, this four-volume illustrated set contains Smeaton's complete reports on the various engineering works he constructed during his career, and his technical papers.
