John Cordy Jeaffreson, William Pole

The Life of Robert Stephenson, F.R.S.

With Descriptive Chapters on Some of His Most Important Professional Works

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on first-hand testimony, this two-volume 1864 biography of Robert Stephenson (1803-59) traces his railway and civil engineering career.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9781108070751
• ISBN-10: 1108070752
• Artikelnr.: 40557307

Inhaltsangabe

1. The battle of the gauges
2. Iron bridges
3. The Britannia bridge
4. The high level bridge at Newcastle-upon-Tyne
5. Affairs, public and private, during the construction of the Chester and Holyhead Railway
6. Robert Stephenson as politician and member of the House of Commons
7. Robert Stephenson in London society
8. The great Victoria Bridge over the river St Lawrence in Canada
9. Concluding years at home and abroad
10. Last scenes
Index.