Sketch of the Civil Engineering of North America - Comprising Remarks on Harbours, River Lake Navigation, Lighthouses,

Klappentext A distinguished civil engineer, David Stevenson (1815-86) continued his father's work of designing and building lighthouses around the coast of his native Scotland. His three-month tour of the United States and Canada in 1837 resulted in this highly detailed and unprecedented survey, first published in 1838. Stevenson covers a large number of engineering works, ranging from lighthouses and canals through to roads, bridges and railways. Notably, Stevenson's praise for North America's faster and sleeker steam vessels led British shipbuilders to emulate the models he describes and illustrates in this text. The work remains a historically valuable assessment of the continent's infrastructure at a time of great industrial expansion. Stevenson's The Principles and Practice of Canal and River Engineering, 2nd edition (1872) and his Life of Robert Stevenson (1878), a biography of his father, are also reissued in this series. Zusammenfassung 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 operation across Canada and the United States. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Harbours; 2. Lake navigation; 3. River navigation; 4. Steam navigation; 5. Fuel and materials; 6. Canals; 7. Roads; 8. Bridges; 9. Railways; 10. Water-works; 11. Lighthouses; 12. House-moving; Note on the manufactories at Lowell.

Product details

• Authors: David Stevenson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.08.2014
• EAN: 9781108071963
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07196-3
• No. of pages: 348
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology; Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Technology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, North America, HISTORY / Social History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Structural, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, North America (USA and Canada), Structural engineering, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Industrialisation and industrial history