Entrée principale:

Skempton, A. W.

Titre et auteur:

Civil engineers and engineering in Britain, 1600-1830 / A.W. Skempton.

Publication:

Aldershot, Hampshire, Great Britain ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Variorum, 1996.

Description:

1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Série(s):

Collected studies series ; CS533

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
I. Engineers of the English river navigations 1620-1760 -- II. The engineers of Sunderland harbour 1718-1817 -- III. Early members of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers -- IV. The publication of Smeaton's reports -- V. The engineering works of John Grundy (1719-1783) -- VI. William Chapman (1749-1832), civil engineer -- VII. Engineering on the English river navigations to 1760 -- VIII. Engineering on the Thames navigation, 1770-1845 -- IX. Samuel Wyatt and the Albion Mill -- X. William Strutt's cotton mills, 1793-1812 -- XI. Engineering in the Port of London, 1789-1808 -- XII. Engineering in the Port of London, 1808-1834.

Résumé:

This volume is concerned with the development of civil engineering in Britain, from the mid-16th to the mid-19th century. After a new introductory essay, Professor Skempton looks at the engineers themselves and their careers.

ISBN:

0860785785 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780860785781 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Sujet:

Civil engineering Great Britain History.
Civil engineers Great Britain.
Ingénieurs civils Grande-Bretagne.
Civil engineering.
Civil engineers.
Bauingenieur
Hochbau
Tiefbau
Flussbau
Civiele techniek.
Ingenieurs.
Civil engineers Great Britain History.
Great Britain.
Großbritannien

Classification/genre:

History.

Vedettes secondaires:

Collected studies ; CS533.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 211969
Cote: TA57 .S5 1996
Statut: Disponible