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Life of Robert Stevenson

By David Stevenson

2019-06-27 23:32:53

The addresses made to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and the Institution of Civil Engineers, at the opening meetings of the session—1851, contained obituary notices of Robert Stevenson. The late Alan Stevenson, his eldest son, also wrote a short M ... Read more
The addresses made to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and the Institution of Civil Engineers, at the opening meetings of the session—1851, contained obituary notices of Robert Stevenson. The late Alan Stevenson, his eldest son, also wrote a short Memoir of his father, which was printed for private circulation. But Robert Stevenson’s long practice as a Civil Engineer—the important works he executed—and the valuable contributions he made to Engineering and Scientific literature, seem to me to require a fuller notice of his life than has hitherto been given. This has been attempted in the following Memoir, which will be found to consist of extracts from Mr. Stevenson’s Professional Reports—of notes from his Diary—and of communications to Scientific Journals and Societies, between the years 1798 and 1843, when he retired from active practice. Less

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File size2144.194 KB
Print pages277
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2014-08-28
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781108070584
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David Stevenson
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WAS THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH; MEMBER OF COUNCIL OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, ETC....

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