Earthwork Slips and Subsidences upon Public Works / Their Causes, Prevention, and Reparation

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JOHN NEWMAN, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E.
AUTHOR OF
“NOTES ON CONCRETE AND WORKS IN CONCRETE;” “IRON CYLINDER BRIDGE PIERS;” “QUEER SCENES OF RAILWAY LIFE.”
LONDON:
E. & F. N. SPON, 125, STRAND,
NEW YORK: 12, CORTLANDT STREET.
1890.
The absence of any but fragmentary information on EARTH-SLIPS AND SUBSIDENCES UPON PUBLIC WORKS, one of the most annoying and expensive occurrences in engineering construction, has prompted the author to write this book as a vade-mecum for those in charge of such undertakings as Railways , Docks , Canals , Roads , Waterworks , River-banks , Reclamation embankments , Drainage works , &c., and also to fill, however imperfectly, somewhat of an hiatus in engineering literature.
The theory of the lateral pressure of earthwork is not examined, as it is well understood; the intention being to concisely describe the chief causes of slips and subsidences in different earths and many points requiring attention, to call to remembrance some soils especially treacherous and unstable, and to name various preventive measures and effectual remedies.
A reference to the table of contents and the index will demonstrate the comprehensiveness of the subject, for it involves in the various practical applications the science of geology, physical geography, meteorology, the laws of pressure of earth, some chemical and botanical, and other scientific knowledge.