Life of Robert Stevenson, Civil Engineer
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Edinburgh University Press: THOMAS AND ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE, PRINTERS TO HER MAJESTY.
J. SYME DELINEAVIT.
J. HORSBURGH SCULPSIT.
ROBERT STEVENSON F.R.S.E. CIVIL ENGINEER. From a bust by Joseph, placed in the Library of the Bell Rock Lighthouse by the Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouses
LIFE OF ROBERT STEVENSON
CIVIL ENGINEER
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH; FELLOW OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON; FELLOW OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON; MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF SCOTTISH ANTIQUARIES, OF THE WERNERIAN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, AND OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. ENGINEER TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSES AND TO THE CONVENTION OF ROYAL BURGHS OF SCOTLAND, ETC.
BY DAVID STEVENSON
CIVIL ENGINEER
VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH; MEMBER OF COUNCIL OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, ETC.
ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK, EDINBURGH E. AND F. N. SPON, LONDON AND NEW YORK 1878.
David Stevenson
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LIFE OF ROBERT STEVENSON.
THE OLD TOLBOOTH PRISON.
THE REMOVAL OF THE COLLEGE.
PRESERVATION OF IRON.
THE SYMPIESOMETER.
THE HABITS OF FISHES.
“On the Bed of the German Ocean, or North Sea. (Read before the Wernerian Natural History Society, 25th March 1820.)”
“Wasting Effects of the Sea on the Shore of Cheshire between the Rivers Mersey and Dee. (Read before the Wernerian Society, 8th March 1828.)
DENSITY OF SALT AND FRESH WATER.
THE HYDROPHORE.
ABERBROTHOCK RUINS.
ST. MAGNUS CATHEDRAL AND EARL’S PALACE.
ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL AND MONTROSE SPIRE.
MELVILLE MONUMENT.
LIPPING OF JOINTS OF MASONRY WITH CEMENT.
PROVISION FOR FLOOD WATER IN BRIDGES.
HYDRAULIC MORTAR.
PROTECTION OF FORESHORES.
CYCLOIDAL SEAWALL.
CHECKING DRIFT SAND.
NIGHT SIGNAL LAMPS.
CAUSE OF HEAVY SEAS IN IRISH CHANNEL.
SEA ROUTES ACROSS IRISH CHANNEL.
BUILD OF SHIPS.
PROSPECTIVE INCREASE OF POPULATION.
TIDAL SCOUR.
UNSCREWING OF BOLTS.
CEMENT RUBBLE COFFERDAMS.
BUOYAGE SYSTEM.
OBSERVATIONS ON FOG SIGNALS.
REGULATIONS FOR STEAM VESSELS.
