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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 June 2015
    28 August 2014
    ISBN:
    9781107280762
    9781108070584
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107280762
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    Dimensions:
    (244 x 170 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.52kg, 322 Pages
    • Subjects:
    History of Science and Technology, Engineering, History, Engineering: General Interest, Civil and Geotechnical Engineering
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Technology
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    Subjects:
    History of Science and Technology, Engineering, History, Engineering: General Interest, Civil and Geotechnical Engineering
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Technology
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    Published in 1878, this biography of the civil engineer Robert Stevenson (1772–1850) was written by his second-youngest son David (1815–86), also a civil engineer and uncle to the author Robert Louis Stevenson. Having already published The Principles and Practice of Canal and River Engineering in 1872 (also reissued in this series), he set about writing this survey of his father's life and works, based on extracts from Robert's professional reports, notes from his diary, and communications to scientific journals and societies between 1798 and 1843. Perhaps most widely known for his practical and persuasive leadership in building many lighthouses for the Northern Lighthouse Board - including that on the notorious Bell Rock, over which he came into conflict with engineer John Rennie regarding the design - Stevenson ensured that the Scottish coastline became a much safer place for shipping for decades to come.

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