Reports of the Late John Smeaton Made on Various Occasions, in the Course of his Employment as a Civil Engineer
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- Contents
- Frontispiece
- London Bridge
- FORTH AND CLYDE
- Report of John Smeaton, engineer, and F. R. S. concerning the practicability and expense of joining the rivers Forth and Clyde by a navigable canal, and thereby to join the east sea and the west
- Comparative estimate between a canal from Forth to Clyde for vessels of forty tons, and for those proposed in the contraced scheme
- Queries proposed by the Right Honorable Lord Cathcart
- Answer to the said Queries
- Minutes concerning the Forth and Clyde
- Estimate of the probable expense of executing a canal from Carron shore to Barns of Clyde for vessels drawing eight feet water
- Instrutions to Mr. Mackell, relative to the proposed canal from Forth to Clyde
- Second report of J. Smeaton, engineer, &c. on the practicability and expense of a canal from the Forth to the Clyde, for vessels of a greater burthen and draft of water than those which formed the subject of the first report
- Estimates
- Review of several matters relative to the Forth and Clyde navigation, with observations on the Reports of Messrs. Brindley, Yeoman, and Golburne
- Comparative view of the expenses upon the work of the Forth and Clyde canal, as per general account, down to Christmas 1771, with the original estimate
- A plan or model for carrying on the mechanical part of the works of the canal from Forth to Clyde
- CALDER AND AIRE
- RIVER AIRE CANEL
- LEA NAVIGATION
- NEW RIVER WORKS
- RIVER URE NAVIGATION, 'c
- HEWICK BRIDGE
- BIRMINGHAM NAVIGATION
- BUDE HAVEN CANAL
- KINGSTON AND EWELL CANAL
- RIVER TYNE CANAL
- KANQUARRY CANAL
- KNOITINGLY NAVIGATION
- SOVERBY BRIDGE CANAL
- DUBLIN GRAND CANAL
- TYRONE CANAL
- NORTH LEVEL FENS
- HATFIELD CHASE LEVEL
- KNIGHTSBRIDGE DRAIN
- CARLISLE QUERIES
- THANKS EMBANKMENT
- COQUETT DAM
- LUMLEY CASTLE
- KINNAIRD ENGINE
- YORK WATER-WORKS ENGINE
- LUMLEY COLLIERY ENGINE
- CHASE WATER ENGINE
- CRONSTADT ENGINE
- GATESHEAD PARK ENGINE
- RAVENSBURN ENGINE
- SEACROFT COKE FURNACE
- COAL ENGINE
- MR. WESTGARTH'S ENGINE
- CORN MILL
- GOSPORT WATER-WORKS, &c
- CHIMNEY WINDMILL
- OIL MILL, AT HULL
- LEAD HILLS WORKS
- MILL FOR GRINDSTONES
- BOCKING FULLING MILL
- FLINT MILL AT LEEDS
- PUDDING MILL
- DALRY MILLS
- KILNHURST FORCE
- THORNTON WATER WHEEL
- LORD IRWIN'S WATER
Review of several matters relative to the Forth and Clyde navigation, with observations on the Reports of Messrs. Brindley, Yeoman, and Golburne
from FORTH AND CLYDE
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- Contents
- Frontispiece
- London Bridge
- FORTH AND CLYDE
- Report of John Smeaton, engineer, and F. R. S. concerning the practicability and expense of joining the rivers Forth and Clyde by a navigable canal, and thereby to join the east sea and the west
- Comparative estimate between a canal from Forth to Clyde for vessels of forty tons, and for those proposed in the contraced scheme
- Queries proposed by the Right Honorable Lord Cathcart
- Answer to the said Queries
- Minutes concerning the Forth and Clyde
- Estimate of the probable expense of executing a canal from Carron shore to Barns of Clyde for vessels drawing eight feet water
- Instrutions to Mr. Mackell, relative to the proposed canal from Forth to Clyde
- Second report of J. Smeaton, engineer, &c. on the practicability and expense of a canal from the Forth to the Clyde, for vessels of a greater burthen and draft of water than those which formed the subject of the first report
- Estimates
- Review of several matters relative to the Forth and Clyde navigation, with observations on the Reports of Messrs. Brindley, Yeoman, and Golburne
- Comparative view of the expenses upon the work of the Forth and Clyde canal, as per general account, down to Christmas 1771, with the original estimate
- A plan or model for carrying on the mechanical part of the works of the canal from Forth to Clyde
- CALDER AND AIRE
- RIVER AIRE CANEL
- LEA NAVIGATION
- NEW RIVER WORKS
- RIVER URE NAVIGATION, 'c
- HEWICK BRIDGE
- BIRMINGHAM NAVIGATION
- BUDE HAVEN CANAL
- KINGSTON AND EWELL CANAL
- RIVER TYNE CANAL
- KANQUARRY CANAL
- KNOITINGLY NAVIGATION
- SOVERBY BRIDGE CANAL
- DUBLIN GRAND CANAL
- TYRONE CANAL
- NORTH LEVEL FENS
- HATFIELD CHASE LEVEL
- KNIGHTSBRIDGE DRAIN
- CARLISLE QUERIES
- THANKS EMBANKMENT
- COQUETT DAM
- LUMLEY CASTLE
- KINNAIRD ENGINE
- YORK WATER-WORKS ENGINE
- LUMLEY COLLIERY ENGINE
- CHASE WATER ENGINE
- CRONSTADT ENGINE
- GATESHEAD PARK ENGINE
- RAVENSBURN ENGINE
- SEACROFT COKE FURNACE
- COAL ENGINE
- MR. WESTGARTH'S ENGINE
- CORN MILL
- GOSPORT WATER-WORKS, &c
- CHIMNEY WINDMILL
- OIL MILL, AT HULL
- LEAD HILLS WORKS
- MILL FOR GRINDSTONES
- BOCKING FULLING MILL
- FLINT MILL AT LEEDS
- PUDDING MILL
- DALRY MILLS
- KILNHURST FORCE
- THORNTON WATER WHEEL
- LORD IRWIN'S WATER
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- Reports of the Late John SmeatonMade on Various Occasions, in the Course of his Employment as a Civil Engineer, pp. 98 - 119Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1812