Civil Engineering
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = PJM
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
A. Hepburn Brown, Civil Engineer Report on improvement of Asylum’s drains, 1849, 1849
Item
Identifier: LHB7/19/1/3
Scope and Contents
Civil engineer's report on the improvement of the Asylum’s drains.
Dates:
1849
Canals, Sluices, c1780-c1808
Item
Identifier: Coll-204/22
Scope and Contents
Volume contains manuscript notes on hydroengineering.
Dates:
c1780-c1808
Material relating to Thomas Archibald Campbell Brownlie B.Sc. (Engineering), Edinburgh 1935
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1329
Scope and Contents
Material from Edinburgh University period, 1930s:
- 6"-ruler - 'The Pupil's Own'
- University of Glasgow - Prelim' Exam' Papers on Arts, Science, Medicine - 1932
- Edinburgh University note-books - 1934 largely - Strength of materials; Field work lectures; Field work; Hydraulics; Drawing
- Class certificates - Edinburgh University, 1932-35 - Dynamics;...
Dates:
1928-1999
Mathematical Works by Edward Sang
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1001
Scope and Contents
The works of Edward Sang include 13 volumes of logarithms and 26 miscellaneous volumes on a variety of mathematical subjects including geometry and algebra, trigonometry, the theory of variables, driving belt calculations, and load-bearing calculations for the Forth Bridge. There is also a volume on The teeth of wheels.Evidence of Sang's surveying/civil engineering is shown in the plans of the policies of Mount Melville, 1818 (estate in Cameron, Fife, owned...
Dates:
before 1890
Ms engineering journal of James Pugh Kirkwood, relating to Pensacola docks in Florida, and projects elsewhere
Item — Box CLX-A-1564, Folder: Coll-1795 / SC-Acc-2017-0006, n/a: data_value_missing_1b8b24ef908520ab39d51c14357ae234
Identifier: Coll-1795
Content Description
This ms engineering journal is in two parts, spanning the period of Kirkwood's career associated with the Pensacola docks in Florida, 1845-1847, but also covering the period 1871-1877 providing a wealth of information on the occupation of the USA's most important civil engineers.The content is: copy letters which offer a detailed account of the exigencies of the task at Pensacola; and, diary or journal entries.The volume also has - at the end - a combination of biographical notes,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1845-1877
Papers of Sir John Jackson
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1490
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of the papers of Sir John Jackson, including:
Photograph albums.
Albums of newspaper clippings relating to Sir John Jackson's work, and to his and his family's personal life.
Personal and business correspondence.
Material relating to Sir John Jackson's candidacy as MP for Devonport in 1904, 1906, and 1910.
Printed...
Dates:
1838-2002
Plans: Rennie memorial - proposed resiting of monument, 18 January 1956
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.8.17
Scope and Contents
Copy plan (68cm x 113cm) by the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department showing the proposed resiting of the Memorial to John Rennie, the designer of Waterloo Bridge, London. The plan comprises; the existing elevation and section and proposed elevation and section, of the memorial, both at 1/8" to 1' scale, elevations and plans of Waterloo Bridge at 30" to 1' scale and a perspective drawing of the proposed new site on the bridge.
Dates:
18 January 1956