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ALBANO, Benedict
Memoir on the construction of the stone bridge erected over the Dora Riparia, at Turin.
London, Weale 1836
ALLNUTT, Zachary
Considerations on the best mode of improving, the present imperfect state of the navigation, of the River Thames from Richmond to Staines. Shewing the advantages to the public, the navigator, and the owners, and occupiers of houses, mills, and lands in the vicinity, by improving the navigation of the river, in preference to the making any canal.
Printed at Henley, for the Author nd (but 1805)
ALLNUTT, Zachary
Useful and correct accounts of the navigation, of the rivers and canals west of London. Comprising, important and interesting particulars of information; with tables of distances; time of navigating; and prices of carriage, on each river and canal.
Henley, for the Author nd (c.1810). 2nd edn.
ANDERSON, Richard
Lightning conductors. Their history, nature, and mode of application.
London, Spon 1880
ANON
Mémoire sur les roues à augets et sur le moyenne de les perfectionner.
nd. but c.1796
ANON
An essay on the present state of our publick roads; shewing the absolute necessity of a total prohibition of the use of narrow wheels, on all carriages drawn by more than one horse lengthways. And the benefit that will accrue thereby to farmers and carriers, to trade and manufactures, as well as ease, pleasure, and safety to travellers.
London, for R.Baldwin 1756
ARDANT, P.
Theoretisch-praktische Abhandlung über Anordnung und Construction der Sprengwerke von grosser Spannweite mit besonderer Beziehung auf Dach- und Brücken-Constructionen aus geraden Theilen, aus Bögen, oder aus der Verbindung beider, für praktische Baumeister so wie für Vorträge über Ingenieur-Mechanik.
Hannover, Hahn'sche Hof-Buchhandlung 1847
(ARKWRIGHT, Richard)
The trial of a cause, instituted by Richard Pepper Arden, Esq; his Majesty's Attorney General ...to repeal a patent granted on the Sixteenth of December 1775, to Mr.Richard Arkwright, for an invention of certain instruments and machines for preparing silk, cotton, flax, and wool for spinning; before the Honorable Francis Buller...at Westminster Hall, on Saturday the 25th June 1785.
London, 1785
ARMSTRONG, R.
A practical essay on steam engine boilers, as now used in the manufacturing district around Manchester: containing a new method of calculating their power, with instructions respecting their general construction and management; including observations on railway locomotive engines - incrustations, explosions, etc.
Manchester, Thomson 1838
ATLANTIC CABLE
Proceedings at the banquet held in honour of Cyrus W.Field, Esq., of New York, in Willis’s Rooms, London, on Wednesday, 1st July, 1868.
London, 1868
ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAYS
Report from the select committee on atmospheric railways; together with the minutes of evidence, appendix and index. (Communicated by the Commons to the Lords.)
London, 6th May 1845
BALD, Robert
Report of a mineral survey along the track of the proposed north or level line of canal betwixt Edinburgh and Glasgow, as projected by John Rennie, Esq. civil engineer, Anno 1798. [And] Observations occasioned by the mineral survey of Mr Robert Bald...in which a comparison is attempted to be drawn between the utility of that canal and of the proposed Union Navigation, by John Paterson.
Leith, May 1814, September 1814
BARLOW, Peter
An essay on the strength and stress of timber, founded upon experiments performed at the Royal Military Academy, on specimens selected from the Royal Arsenal, and His Majesty’s Dock-Yard, Woolwich: preceded by an historical reveiw of former theories and experiments, with numerous tables and plates. Also an appendix, on the strength of iron, and other materials. [Bound with] SIMSON, Robert, Elements of the conic sections. Glagow, 1817.
London, Printed for J.Taylor 1817. 1st edn.
BARLOW, William Henry
On the construction of the permanent way of railways; with an account of the wrought-iron permanent way laid down on the main line of the Midland Railway.
London, Excerpt Min.Proc. Inst.Civ.Eng. 1850
BARROW, Sir John
Sketches of the Royal Society and Royal Society Club.
London, John Murray 1849
BARRY, Sir John Wolfe, BAKER, Sir Benjamin & HURTZIG
The Port of Bristol. Report upon the dockisation of the River Avon.
London, 28th May, 1900
BATEMAN, J.
The general turnpike road act, 3 Geo.IV.Cap.126. With an appendix of forms, and the standing orders of both Houses of Parliament with respect to private road bills, &c. To which are added, an index and notes. [With] A supplement to the general turnpike road act...containing the three acts of 4 Geo. IV. with notes and additional forms and general rules for repairing roads; to which is prefixed, a digested index to the whole of the turnpike road acts now in force.
London, Printed for the Associated Law Booksellers 1822, 1823
BOLLER, Alfred P.
Practical treatise on the construction of iron highway bridges, for the use of town committees. Together with a short essay upon the application of the principles of the lever to ready analysis of the strains upon the more customary forms of beams and trusses.
New York, Wiley 1878. 2nd edn.
(BOULTON, Matthew)
Report from the committee appointed to enquire into the state of the copper mines and copper trade of this Kingdom.
(London) 7th May, 1799
(BOULTON, Matthew) LANDER, George
An answer to the pamphlet of Matthew Robinson Boulton, Esq. of Soho, relative to his father's funeral.
Birmingham, 1811
BRIGHTON CHAIN PIER
Deed of Covenant. [And] Mortage.
1st May 1822. June 25th 1824.
BRITTON, John
Lecture on the road-ways of England, pointing out the peculiarly advantageous situation of Bristol for the commerce of the West; with remarks on the benefits likely to arise from a rail-road between that port and London.
Bristol, Oct. 19, 1833
(BRUNEL, I.K.)
An address from the directors of the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Company to the shareholders. [With] Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway. Schedule of claim to be filled in by occupiers.
Cirencester, 1836
(BRUNEL, I.K.) CLAXTON, Christopher
The logs of the first voyage, made with the unceasing aid of steam, between England and America, by the Great Western, of Bristol, Lieut.James Hosken, R.N., Commander; also an appendix and remarks.
Bristol, Printed at the Mirror office by John Taylor (1838)
(BRUNEL, I.K.) [YATES, John]
Some account of the largest steam ship in the world, belonging to the Eastern Steam Navigation Company, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Esq., Ship and paddle engines building by Messrs. John Scott, Russell, & Co., at Millwall, Poplar, and the screw engines by Messrs. James Watt & Co., at Birmingham.
(London) (16th April) 1855
[BRUNEL, I.K.] YOUATT, William
The horse; with a treatise on draught; and copious index. Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
London, Baldwin and Cradock 1831
(BRUNLEES & McKENON)
Bristol Port and Channel Dock, Avonmouth.
Bristol, March 1877
BUCHANAN, Robertson
Report relative to the proposed rail-way from Dumfries to Sanquhar.
Dumfries, Geo. Johnstone & Co. (printers) 1811
CARR, Thomas
Carr's patent disintegrator, (with recent important improvements.)
Bristol, 1871
CHAMBERS, A.H.
Observations on the formation, state and condition of turnpike roads and other highways with suggestions for their permanent improvement on scientific principles by means of the natural materials of which they are composed: To which is added, a practical system (on the like principles) for the construction of sound substantial roads and under-drains by means of a patent substitute for hard road materials, where such substances are not practically obtainable.
London, for the Author 1820
CHANNEL TUNNEL
Report from the joint select committee of the House of Lords and the House of Commons on the channel Tunnel; together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, and appendix.
London, Hansard, 10 July 1883
CHELTENHAM, OXFORD, AND LONDON JUNCTION RAILWAY
Prospectus of the Cheltenham, Oxford, and London Junction railway, forming also a direct route between Cheltenham and Brighton, and Cheltenham and Dover.
London, 1845
CLIFFE, Charles Frederick
The book of South Wales, the Bristol Channel, Monmouthshire, and the Wye. A companion and guide to the railways, watering places, shores, scenery, antiquities, unexplored regions, mineral districts, towns, and other objects of interest throughout the Southern division of the principality: With a picture of Bristol.
London, Hamilton Adams 1847
COMPAGNIE DES HAUTS-FOURNEAUX etc.
FRANCHE-COMTÉ Album des férs spéciaux.
c.1867- 1870
COOPER, Theodore
General specifications for the construction of a stiffened suspension bridge over the Hudson River at New York City.
March 1895
CORDIER, J.
Histoire de la navigation intérieure, et particulièrement de celle d'Angleterre, jusqu'en 1803, traduite de l'ouvrage anglais de Philipps. [And] Histoire de la navigation intérieure, et particulièrement de celle des États-Unis d'Amérique, traduit de l'ouvrage de M.A.Gallatin, ministre des finances de l'Union.
Paris, Firmin Didot 1819,1820
CUBITT, Thomas
Ms copy of Thomas Cubitt's detailed estimates for the rebuilding of Buckingham Palace [and] and ALS from Gen.Bowles, Comptroller of the Household, to "My dear Lord" (Lord Seymour).
1851
DATCHET CANAL
Reasons in favor [sic] of the Datchet Canal.
nd. but 1811
DAVY, Christopher
The architect, engineer, and operative builder's constructive manual; or, a practical and scientific treatise on the construction of artificial foundations for buildings, railways, &c. With a comparative view of the application of piling and concreting; also an investigation of the nature and properties of the materials employed in securing the stability of buildings. Part I. All published.
London, John Williams 1839. 2nd edn.
DIPLOCK, Bramah Joseph
A new system of heavy goods transport on common roads.
London, Longmans Green 1902
DODD, Ralph
Report on the various improvements, civil and military, that might be made in the haven or harbour of Hartlepool: as surveyed at the request of the corporation, by R.Dodd, Engineer.
(Newcastle-upon-Tyne) 1795
DODD, Ralph
Report and estimate on the improvement of Blue and Mile towns, Sheerness.
London, 1801
DOUGLAS, Howard
An essay on the principles and construction of military bridges and the passage of rivers in military operations.
London, Murray 1853. 3rd edition
DOUGLAS, Howard
An essay on the principles and construction of military bridges, and the passage of rivers in military operations.
London, for T.Egerton 1816. 1st edn.
DRAKE, James
Drake's road book of the London and Birmingham and Grand Junction railways, being a complete guide to the entire line of railway from London to Liverpool and Manchester, illustrated by accurate maps, and numerous wood cuts, and engravings on steel: to which is appended the visiter's guide to Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester.
London, Simpkin, Marshall and Birmingham, James Drake (August, 1840). 2nd edn.
DREWRY, C.S.
A memoir on suspension bridges, comprising the history of their origins and progress, and of their application to civil and military purposes; with descriptions of some of the most important bridges....Also an account of experiments on the strength of iron wires and iron bars (etc.).
London, Longman, Rees etc. 1832
ECK, Ch.
Traité de construction en poteries et fer, à l'usage des batimens civils, industriels et militaires. Suivi d'un recueil de machines appropriées à l'art de batir. Dédié à MM. les architectes, officiers du génie, et entrepreneurs de maçonnerie et de serrurerie.
Paris, J.C.Blosse 1836
(EIFFEL, G.) CAILLETET, L. & EIFFEL, G.
Manomètre à air libre de 300 mètres établi à la Tour Eiffel.
Paris, nd (1891 in ink on upper wrapper)
EIFFEL, Gustave
The resistance of the air and aviation. Experiments conducted at the Champ-de-Mars laboratory. Translated by Jerome C. Hunsaker.
London, Constable and Boston, Houghton Mifflin 1913. 2nd edn.
EIFFEL, Gustave
Travaux scientifiques exécutés à la tour de trois cents mètres de 1889 à 1900.
Paris, L.Maretheux 1900
EIFFEL, Gustave
Recherches expérimentales sur la résistance de l'air exécutées à la Tour Eiffel.
Paris, L.Maretheux 1907. 1st edn.
(EIFFEL, Gustave)
Constructions métalliques et entreprises de travaux publics. G.Eiffel Ingénieur-Constructeur à Levallois-Perret (près Paris).
Paris, Reprint from “Revue Périodique”, Mars, 1886
(EIFFEL, Gustave)
Note sur un projet de coupole avec flotteur annulaire. (Système G.Eiffel, breveté S.G.D.G.) pour l'Équatorial de 16 mètres de l'Observatoire de Paris.
Paris, 1882
(EIFFEL, Gustave)
Nouveaux ponts portatifs économiques système Eiffel, Br.S.G.D.G. applicables au service des chemins vicinaux et ruraux à celui des armées en campagne, aux chemins de fer à voie étroite et aux routes coloniales. Notice sur les différents types des ponts de de système.
Paris, 1884
(EIFFEL, Gustave)
Projet d'aérodrome à la Tour Eiffel.
(Paris, nd. but 1904)
(EIFFEL, Gustave)
Groot Eiffel Toren Spel.
Amsterdam, J.Vlieger nd (c.1889)
ELLET, C.
Report on a suspension bridge across the Potomac, for rail road and common travel: addressed to the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown, D.C.
Philadelphia, John C.Clark 1852
EMMERY, H.C.
Pont d'Ivry en bois, sur piles en pierre, traversant la Seine près du confluent de la Marne. Détails pratiques sur ce pont. Projet, exécution, écritures, concession à terme.
Paris, Carilian-Goery 1832
ENYS, John S.
Remarks on the duty of the steam engines employed in the mines of Cornwall at different periods.
London, Reprint from Trans.Inst. Civ.Eng. 1840
EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE PARIS, 1889
A collection of contemporary photographs showing the construction of some of the buildings of the Exposition Universelle, Paris 1889.
February 1887-October 1888
FAIRBAIRN, William
Useful information for engineers being a series of lectures before the working engineers of Yorkshire and Lancashire. Together with a series of appendixes containing the results of experimental inquiries into the strength of materials, the causes of boiler explosion, &c.
London, Longman, Green etc. 1860. 3rd edn.
FAIRBAIRN, William
An account of the construction of the Britannia and Conway tubular bridges, with a complete history of their progress, from the conception of the original idea, to the conclusion of the elaborate experiments which determined the exact form and mode of construction ultimately adopted.
London, Weale 1849
FIELD, Henry M.
History of the Atlantic Telegraph, to the return of the expedition of 1865.
New York, not published, but printed only for private distribution. 1866
(FITCH, John) HUTCHINGS, John
“Honor to whom honor is due”. Origin of steam navigation.
New York, 1846
(FORTH & CLYDE CANAL) SMEATON, John
A review of several matters relative to the Forth and Clyde Navigation, as now settled by Act of Parliament: with some observations of the reports of Mess. Brindley, Yeoman, and Golburne. [sic]
(Edinburgh) 1768
(FORTH & CLYDE CANAL) SMEATON, John
The report of John Smeaton Engineer, and F.R.S. concerning the practicability and expence of joining the Rivers Forth and Clyde by a navigable canal, and thereby to join the East Sea and the West.
Edinburgh, for John Balfour 1768. 2nd edn.
[FRISI, Paul] GARSTIN, General John
A treatise on rivers and torrents; with the method of regulating their course and channels. To which is added, an essay on navigable canals, by the same. Translated by Major-General John Garstin.
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees etc. 1818
GAUTIER, H.
Traité des Ponts, ou il est parlé de ceux des Romains, & de ceux des modernes; de leur construction, tant en maçonnerie qu’en charpente, & de leur disposition dans toutes sortes de lieux...Et une dissertations sur les culées, piles, voussoirs & poussées des ponts, & plusieurs devis & réglemens faits à ce sujet.
Paris, Chez la Veuve Duchesne 1765. 4th edn.
(GERSTNER, F.A. von) KREEFT, Christopher
First Russian railroad from St.Petersburg to Zarscoe-Selo and Pawlowsk, established by Imperial decree of 21st March, 1836, and carried into execution by a company of shareholders in Russia, England and Germany. Translated from the German. St. Petersburg, 1837.
London, (1837)
GILBERT, Davies
On the expediency of assigning specific names to all such functions of simple elements as represent definite physical properties; with the suggestion of a new term in mechanics; illustrated by an investigation of the machine moved by recoil; and also by some observations on the steam engine.
London, Reprint from Phil.Trans. 1827
GIRARD, L.-D.
Hydraulique appliqué. Nouveau système de locomotion sur les chemins de fer.
Paris, Bachelier 1852
GORDON, Alexander
The fitness of turnpike roads and highways for the most expeditious, safe, convenient and economical internal communication.
London, Roake and Varty 1835
(GORDON, Lewis) CONSTABLE, Thomas
Memoir of Lewis D.B.Gordon, F.R.S.E.
Edinburgh, 1877. Printed for private circulation.
GRAINGER, Richard
A proposal for concentrating the termini of the Newcastle and Carlisle, the Great North of England, and proposed Edinburgh railways; and for providing spacious and eligible depots, with convenient access, from these several railways to the town of Newcastle, submitted to the consideration of the respective companies, and to the proprietors of property.
Newcastle, 1836
GRAND CANAL OF IRELAND
Grand Canal. Defence of the Court of Directors; including a statement of the true situation of the Company's affairs; made by the Hon. Sir William Cusack Smith, Bart. at a general meeting of the Company, held at the Mansion House, on the 25th day of November, 1815, for the purpose of hearing and determining certain complaints preferred against the directors.
Dublin, (1815)
GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851
The Illustrated London News. Deutsch. Deutsches Supplement, No.1. (-No.8.)
London, ILN, May 3 - June 21 1851.
GREEN, John & Benjamin
Bridge from Newcastle to Gateshead, at a high level. Prospectus.
nd (c.1836)
GREY GORGE BRIDGE
Report on the accident to the Grey George suspension bridge.
(Wellington, NZ) 1876
HALL, Samuel
Extracts from Samuel Hall's specification of his patent of 24th, June, 1836, for improvements in propelling vessels, also improvements in steam engines, and in the method or methods of working some parts thereof, some of which improvements are applicable to other useful purposes.
Nottingham, R.Allen, (late S.Bennett,) Printer 1837
HALL, Samuel
Samuel Hall's address to the British Association, explanatory of the injustice done to his improvements on steam engines by Dr.Lardner. [And] Samuel Hall’s patent improvements on steam engines.
Liverpool 1837
HALL, Samuel
Hall's improvements on steam engines; consisting of an improved piston and valve: an improved method of lubricating engine pistons, piston rods and valves: and an improved method of condensing the steam and supplying water to the boilers of such steam engines as are wrought by a vacuum produced by condensation.
Nottingham (1832)
HANDYSIDE, Henry
A treatise on an improved method for overcoming steep gradients on railways, read before the British Association in 1875, at Bristol.
Bristol, John Wright (Printer) 1875
HIGHWAYS OF THE KINGDOM
Report from the Select Committee on the Highways of the Kingdom: together with the minutes of evidence taken before them.
London, House of Commons, 25 June, 1819
HODGKINSON, Eaton
Experimental researches on the strength of pillars of cast iron, and other materials.
London, Separately issued reprint, with title page, from Vol.130 of the Phil.Trans. of the Royal Society 1840
HOSKING, William, TREDGOLD, Thomas & YOUNG, Thomas
Treatises on architecture, building, masonry, joinery, and carpentry. From the Encyclopaedia Britannica; seventh edition.
Edinburgh, Black 1846
HUDDART, Sir Joseph
Memoir of the late Captain Joseph Huddart, F.R.S. &c.
London, W. Phillips 1821
(HUDSON, George) [SELKIRK, John ]
Report of the discussion in the town council of Newcastle on Tyne, Wednesday, February 3, 1847, on the railways projected through the Team Valley by the Leeds and Thirsk, and York and Newcastle railway companies.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Reported and printed by John Selkirk 1847
(HUNTSMAN, Benjamin) FOURNESS & ASHWORTH
Bref examen, des qualités de l'acier fondu, de Huntsman.
28th March, 1792
INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
London, Weale and Inst.C.E., 1836,1838, 1842
JEANS, J. S.
Jubilee memorial of the railway system. A history of the Stockton and Darlington railway and a record of its results.
London, Longmans, Green 1875
(JEBB, Joshua)
Report of the Surveyor-General of prisons on the construction, ventilation, and details, of Pentonville Prison, 1844.
London, HMSO 1844
(JESSOP, William)
Explanation of the plan proposed for the improvement of the harbour of Bristol; and also a scheme and proposals for raising the sum necessary to carry the plan into effect. Published by order of the Corporation of the City and the Society of Merchant Venturers.
Bristol, 1802
JESSOP, William
A report on the present state of the piers of Sunderland harbour, and the means recommended for their improvement.
Sunderland, printed by James Graham 1808
JESSOP, William
A plan of the intended navigation from Loughborough to Leicester with the proposed water level and railways from Loughborough to the coal mines at Swannington, Cole-Orton and Thringston Commons; and the lime works at Cloud Hill, Barrow Hill and Gracedieu. Also of the intended navigation from Leicester Navigation to Melton Mowbray. Will.m Jessop Eng.r. Surveyed in 1790 by Chris.r Staveley
1790
JESSOP, William & MYLNE, Robert
Reports of the engineers appointed by the Commissioners of the navigation of the Rivers Thames and Isis to survey the state of the said navigation, from Lechlade to Days Lock. Illustrated by a plan to which are added some orders of the commissioners on the said reports and an account of the tolls payable on the said navigation from Cricklade to Stanes.
(London) 1791
JESSOP, William & WHITE, William
Design for improving the harbour of Bristol
London, W.Faden (engraver) 1803 (but issued c.1806)
(KARACHI HARBOUR) PARKES, William
Kurrachee Harbour. Second report on the state of the harbour.
Bombay, The Education Society's Press, Byculla, 1864
(KARACHI HARBOUR) WALKER, James
Kurrachee Harbour, in Scinde. Report of James Walker. 8th September, 1856.
Westminster, Vacher 1856
(KEEFER, Samuel)
4 stereoscopic views of Clifton Bridge at Niagara Falls
(Niagara?) c.1869
KINGSFORD, William
The Canadian Canals: their history and cost, with an inquiry into the policy necessary to advance the well-being of the province.
Toronto, Rollo & Adam 1865
KIRKALDY, David
Results of an experimental inquiry into the mechanical properties of steel, of different degrees of hardness, and under various conditions, manufactured by Christian Aspelin, Esq., Westanfors and Fagersta Works, Sweden.
London, Testing and Experimenting Works, 1873
KIRKALDY, David
Results of an experimental inquiry into the relative properties of wrought-iron plates manufactured at Essen, Rhenish Prussia, and Yorkshire, England.
London, Testing and Experimenting Works 1876
LABELYE, Charles
A short account of the methods made use of in laying the foundation of the piers of Westminster-Bridge. With an answer to the chief objections that have been made thereto.
London, A.Parker for the Author 1739
LANDALE, Charles & DUNN, Matthias
Report submitted to the subscribers for defraying the expence of a survey to ascertain whether it is practicable and expedient to construct a railway between the Valley of Strathmore and Dundee. [With] Observations upon the line of railroad projected by Mr Landale, from Dundee to the Valley of Strathmore, by Matthias Dunn, Colliery viewer and mineral surveyor.
Dundee, 1825, 1825
LEACH, Edmund
A treatise of universal inland navigations, and the use of all sorts of mines...plainly demonstrating the possibility of making any river and stream of running water in the world navigable by canals of a new construction...together with the construction...of a new invented mechanical and hydraulic machine...to which is added a supplement plainly demonstrating the possibility and means whereby a ship of any size may be launched at any time (etc).
London, for Alex. Hamilton 1791. 2nd edn.
LEAN, Thomas, and Brother
Historical statement of the improvements made in the duty performed by the steam engines in Cornwall, from the commencement of the publication of the monthly reports.
London, Simpkin, Marshall 1839
LENNON, Walter Caulfield
Proposals for building a pier or harbour in Madras Road, as submitted to the Hon. the President in Council at Fort St. George, in July 1798: Together with extracts from the minutes of that Government concerning the same.
London, 1801
LINDNER, Werner & STEINMETZ, Georg
Die Ingenieurbauten in ihrer guten Gestaltung.
Berlin, Ernst Wasmuth 1923
LOCOMOTIVES ON ROADS
Report from the Select Committee on locomotives on roads; together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, and appendix.
London, House of Commons 18 July 1873
LONDON & CROYDON ATMOSPHERIC RAIWAY
Atmospheric railway station - Croydon and Epsom line.
Octr.28, 1845
LONDON, OXFORD, & CHELTENHAM RAILWAY
Prospectus with map.
1846
[LONGRIDGE, Michael]
Remarks on the comparative merits of cast metal and malleable iron rail-ways; and an account of the Stockton and Darlington rail-way. [With] ADAMSON, J. Sketches of our information as to rail-roads.
Newcastle, Edward Walker (printer) 1827
MACERONI, Francis
Expositions and illustrations, interesting to all those concerned in steam power, whether as applied to rail-roads, common roads, or to sea and inland navigation.
London, Effingham Wilson 1835
MAHLER, Heinrich
Das franzözisch-amerikanische Kabel. Ein Diebstahl an deutschem geistigen Eigenthum.
Berlin 1871
MANN, William
A description of a new method of propelling locomotive machines, and of communicating power and motion to all other kinds of machinery.
London, J.Taylor 1830
MARSDEN, H.R.
Machine for breaking road metal or pyrites.
Leeds, nd, but after 1852?
MARTIN, Emile
Pont de Cubzac. Dessins et description des piliers en fonte de fer.
Paris, Schneider et Langrand 1841
MARTIN, Thomas
The carpenters’ and joiners’ instructor in geometrical lines, the strength of materials, and mechanical principles of framed work.
London, for Thomas Tegg 1826
[McADAM, J.L.]
Statement by the committee appointed upon the line of road between Caitha, in the County of Roxburgh, by Jedburgh, and the Carter Fell, to Newcastle. [Including] Report by Mr M’Adam to the subscribers to the expense of the survey of the Carter Fell.
(Jedburgh), Printed by Walter Easton 1829
[McADAM, J.L.] FLOWER, Edward Fordham
The stones of London; or, Macadam v. Vestries.
London, Cassell, Petter, Galpin (1880)
MEHRTENS, Georges
La construction des ponts en Allemagne au XIXe siècle. Mémoire publié à l'occasion de l'Exposition Universelle de Paris en 1900.
Berlin, Springer 1900
MEIK, C.S. & BEER, Walter
Royal Commission on London Traffic. Proposed London main avenues, 1903-4. Description and drawings.
London, 1903-4.
MELSENS
Des paratonnerres à pointes, à conducteurs et à raccordements terrestres multiples. Description détaillée des paratonnerres établis sur l'Hotel de Ville de Bruxelles en 1865. Exposé des motifs des dispositions adoptées.
Brussels, Hayez 1877
METROPOLIS TURNPIKE TRUSTS
Report from the Select Committee on Metropolis Turnpike Trusts [appointed to inquire into the receipts, expenditure, and management of the several turnpike trusts within ten miles of London].
London, House of Commons 27 May, 1825
MEYER, F.J. & WERNIGH, W.
Steam towing on rivers and canals, by means of a submerged cable. With a description of their cable system, by the patentees F.J.Meyer and W.Wernigh.
London, Spon 1876
MILES, William
General remarks on stables, and examples of stable fittings, with illustrations.
London, Longman, Green etc. 1860
MILLINGTON, John
An epitome of the elementary principles of mechanical philosophy, divested of methematical demonstrations; comprehending the general properties of matter...and a copious account of the invention, progress, and present state of the steam engine, with many practical remarks on the construction of machinery (etc).
London, for Simpkin and Marshall 1830. 2nd edn.
MITIS, Ignazio di
Il Ponte Sofia ovvero descrizione del primo ponte a catene di ferro costrutto in Vienna accompagnato dallo stato comparativo delle sue dimensioni con quelle del ponte a catene di ferro progettato sulla Senna in Parigi dal Signor Navier.
Naples, Alessandro di Mattia 1827
(MORTON, Thomas)
Report from the Select Committee appointed to consider how far it is expedient to extend the patent granted for Morton’s slip.
London, House of Commons 13 April 1832
MYLNE, Robert
Report the second, by Mr. Mylne, Surveyor and Engineer on the navigation of the River Thames, between Lechlade and Whitchurch.
1791
NEWCASTLE & NORTH SHIELDS RAILWAY
Statement of the promoters of the bill.
nd (but 1836)
NORDLING, W.
Mémoire sur les piles en charpente métallique des grand viaducs.
Paris, Dunod 1864
OSBORNE, E.C. & W.
Osbornes' map of the London & Birmingham railway.
Birmingham, Osborne, Octr. 15th1838
OTTAWA AND FRENCH RIVER NAVIGATION
Reports on the Ottawa and French River navigation projects.
Montreal, 1863
OUTRAM, Benjamin
Report & estimate of the proposed rail-ways from the collieries in the Forest of Dean, to the Rivers Severn & Wye
Hereford, Printed by D.Walker High-Town 1801
[OVERTON, George]
A report relative to the opening a communication by a canal or a rail or tram way, from Stockton, by Darlington, to the collieries.
Stockton, T.Eeles (printer) 1818
PACIFIC CABLE COMMITTEE
Pacific cable committee. Report, minutes of proceedings, &c.
London, for HMSO April, 1899
PARNELL, Sir Henry
A treatise on roads; wherein the principles on which roads should be made are explained and illustrated, by the plans, specifications, and contracts made use of by Thomas Telford, Esq. on the Holyhead Road.
London, Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme etc. 1833
PATERSON, James
A practical treatise on the making and upholding of public roads. With a few remarks on forming approaches to gentlemens' houses: and a dissertation on the utility of broad wheels, and other improvements.
Montrose, Printed by James Watt, for Thomas Donaldson, Dundee; (etc). 1819
PATY, James (surveyor)
A plan of the floating docks and other premises mentioned in the Bristol Port Bill.
London, William Faden (engraver) 1776
PEMBERTON, John
A letter on the River Wear navigation act, addressed to John George Lambton, Esq. M.P. [And] A letter on certain clauses, proposed to be introduced into the River Wear navigation act, by a bill this session of Parliament addressed to Richard Wharton, Esq. M.P. by John Pemberton. [And] Extracts from the book of minutes of the commissioners, and from reports of engineers; with other matters relating to the Wear Navigation Act.
Sunderland, 1819,1819, 1819
[PETERS, Richard]
A statistical account of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge. Commenced September 5th 1801. Opened January 1st 1805. Communicated to the Philadelphia Society of Agriculture 1806.
Philadelphia, re-print of Jane Aitken nd.
PINKUS, Henry
Prospectus of a new agrarian system [including] The pneumatic-atmospheric and gaso-pneumatic railway, common road and canal transit.
London, 1840
POPE, Thomas
A treatise on bridge architecture in which the superior advantages of the flying pendent lever bridge are fully proved. With an historical account and description of different bridges erected in various parts of the world, from an early period, down to the present time.
New York, Alexander Niven (printer) 1811
PORT OF LONDON & LONDON BRIDGE
Report from the Select Committee appointed to consider evidence taken on bills for the improvement of the Port of London. [And] Second report from the Select Committee upon the improvement of the Port of London. [And] Third report from the Select Committee upon the improvement of the Port of London. [Including the rare supplemental appendix and accompanying plates].
London, 1st June 1799, 11th July 1799, 28th July1800
PRIESTLEY, Joseph
Historical account of the navigable rivers, canals, and railways, of Great Britain, as a reference to Nichols, Priestley & Walker's new map of inland navigation, derived from original and parliamentary documents in the possession of Joseph Priestley, Esq.
London, Longman, Rees etc. 1831. 1831.2nd edn.
PURDON, William
Report to the Secretary of State for India on the navigation of the Punjab rivers, with description and drawings of the steam boats recommended.
London, Edward Stanford 1860
RANKINE, William John Macquorn
A manual of machinery and millwork.
London, Charles Griffin & Co. 1869. 1st edn.
RENNIE, G.B.
Suggestions for the improvement of the river Danube, between Isatcha and the Sulina entrance.
London, M. Soul “Artizan” office 1856
RENNIE, George & WALKER, James
Report to the Commissioners of the River Wear on the formation of wet docks at Sunderland. By George Rennie, Esq. [With] Report to the Commissioners of the River Wear on the formation of wet docks at Sunderland. By James Walker.
London, Printed for John and Arthur Arch 1832, 1832
(RENNIE, John)
A statement of the grounds upon which the trustees of the Liverpool Docks propose applying to parliament, next session, for authority to provide additional dock space, &c.&c.
Liverpool, 1810
RIVER ORWELL
Plan of the proposed improvement of the River Orwell, from Ipswich to Freston Reach.
Septr. 20 1804
ROADS IN ENGLAND AND WALES
Report of the commissioners for inquiring into the state of the roads in England and Wales.
London, for HMSO 1840
ROYAL COMMISSION ON CROSS-RIVER TRAFFIC IN LONDON
Report of the Royal Commission on cross-river traffic in London.
London, HMSO 30th November 1926
SCHERPE & KOKEN
Enterprise architectural and ornamental iron works & foundry. Trade catalogue.
St.Louis, Mo. Scherpe & Koken 1887
SCHERZER, Albert H.
Scherzer rolling lift bridges.
Chicago, The Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. (1908)
SEAWARD, John
Observations on the re-building of London Bridge: demonstrating the practicability of executing that work in three flat elliptical arches of stone, each two hundred and thirty feet span. With an examination of the arch of equilibrium proposed by the late Dr. Hutton. And an investigation of a new method for forming an arch of that description.
London, J. Taylor 1824
[SHARP, Sir Cuthbert?]
Report of the Special Committee of the Commissioners of the River Wear, presented July 1, 1829.
Durham, Printed by Francis Humble 1829
SKY WRITING
Report from the select committee on sky-writing. Together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, appendices and index.
London, House of Commons 23rd June 1932
SMEATON, John
An experimental enquiry concerning the natural powers of wind and water to turn mills, and other machines, depending on a circular motion.
London, Offprint from Phil.Trans. of the Royal Society 1760
SMEATON, John
An historical report on Ramsgate Harbour: written by order of, and addressed to the Trustees.
London, 1791
SMILES, Samuel
The life of George Stephenson, railway engineer.
London, John Murray 1857. 2nd edition.
SMITH, Charles & [HARRIS, Walter]
The antient and present state of the County of Down. Containing a chorographical description, with the natural and civil history of the same...With a survey of the new canal; as also, a new and correct map of the County.
Dublin, Printed by A.Reilly, for Edward Exshaw 1744
(SOPWITH, Thomas) RICHARDSON, Benjamin Ward
Thomas Sopwith, with excerpts from his diary of fifty-seven years.
London, Longmans, Green 1891
STANFORD, Edward (publisher)
Proposed new London railways, &c. Stanford's map of Metropolitan railways, bridges, embankments, &c. including the proposed railway, and other plans, brought before Parliament for session, 1863. Also the railways sanctioned and in operation.
London, Edward Stanford, 23rd Feb. 1863
STEAM BOATS
Report from the select committee on steam boats, &c. with the minutes of evidence.
London, House of Commons 24 June 1817
STEPHENSON, George
A plan and section of an intended railway or tramroad, from Liverpool to Manchester in the County Palatine of Lancaster. Surveyed by George Stephenson, Engineer. 20th day of Novr. 1824.
London, J.& A.Walker (engravers) 1824
(STEPHENSON, Robert)
The triumph of science. An account of the grand floatation of one of the monster tubes over the Menai Straits, Britannia Bridge, June 20th, 1849, with an engraving. The stupendous tubular bridge was projected by R.Stephenson, Esq., M.P.
Carnarvon, James Rees (printer) 1849
STONEY, F.G.M.
“Control” sluices. Some examples of the application of Stoney’s patent free-roller system to the control of rivers, canals, water-works, locks, docks, reclamation, drainage, and sewage schemes.
London, Ransomes & Rapier 1895
SUBMARINE CABLES
Injuries to submarine cables. Report of inter-departmental committee on injuries to submarine cables, with minutes of evidence and appendices.
London, for HMSO 1908
(SUNDERLAND HARBOUR)
Report of the Special Committee of the Commissioners of the River Wear, presented October 12th, 1831. [And] Report of the committee appointed to consider the subject of wet docks. Sunderland, 30th January, 1833.
Sunderland, 1831, 1833
TAY BRIDGE
Report from the select committee on the North British Railway (Tay Bridge) bill; together with the proceedings of the committee, and minutes of evidence. [And] Index to the report from the select committee on the North British Railway (Tay Bridge) bill.
London, House of Commons 4 August 1880
TEBBUTT, R.
A guide or companion to the Midland Counties railway, containing its parliamentary history, engineering facts, with a description of every thing worthy of attention on, and in the vicinity of, the line; seats of the nobility and gentry, villas, towns and villages. Also, fare and time tables; with a plan, and section of the gradients, and numerous pictorial illustrations.
Leicester: Printed and sold by R.Tebbutt. 1840. 1st edition.
TELEGRAPH CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE Co.
[Souvenir volume] Presented by the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co., Ltd. on the occasion of the visit of the delegates to the International Telegraph Conference to their Gutta Percha Works. Wharf Road, City Road London, N. on 16th June, 1903.
Printed for private circulation only 1903
[TELFORD, Thomas]
[1st to 8th] Report of the Commissioners for making roads and building bridges in the Highlands of Scotland.
(London) 1804, 1805, 1807, 1809, 1811, 1813, 1815, 1817
THAMES NAVIGATION COMMISSIONERS
A report of the committee of commissioners of the navigation of theThames and Isis, appointed to survey the rivers from Lechlade to Whitchurch, by the General Meeting held 31st of May, 1791.
Oxford 1791
T[HOMAS], J[ohn]
Different plans for improving the harbour of Bristol, impartially examined: and a mode pointed out of embracing all the advantages, without the risk of affecting the health of the inhabitants, or injuring their property.
Bristol, J.Mills (printer) 1800
THORNTON, George
Port of Bristol. Design for the accommodation of the largest class of ocean steam-ships, by dockising the river Avon, and for new quays and opening into the float; also, as an alternative, the construction of a large dock at its mouth: to which are added remarks of deepening and widening the river from Kingroad to Bristol.
London, 1860
TRAILL, Thomas W.
Experiments on steel. Remarks of the engineer surveyor in chief, and his assistants, respecting the mild steel manufactured by the Steel Company of Scotland; also tabular results of tests.
London, HMSO (1878)
TRAIN, George Francis
Street railways. A lecture delivered before the members of the Greenwich Literary Institition, December 18th, 1860. [With] Report of the banquet, given by George Francis Train, Esq., to inaugurate the opening of the first street railway in Europe, at Birkenhead, August 30, 1860; with opinions of the press on the subject of street railways. [With] Report of the banquet given by George Francis Train, Esq. (of Boston, U.S.A.), at St. James’s Hall, Piccadilly, to inaugurate the opening of the first street railway in London, the Marble Arch line, March 23rd, 1861, with opinions of the press and extracts on the subject of street railways.
London and Liverpool 1860, 1860, 1861
TRAMWAYS
Report from the select committee on tramways (use of mechanical power); together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, appendix and index. [And] Report from the select committee on tramways (use of mechanical power) bills; together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, and appendix.
London, House of Commons 16 April 1877, 7th June 1878
TRAMWAYS
Report from the select committee on the House of Lords on tramways; together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, and appendix.
London, House of Commons 25 April 1879
TREDGOLD, Thomas
Principles of warming and ventilating public buildings, dwelling-houses, manufactories, hospitals, hot-houses, conservatories &c. and of constructing fire-places, boilers, steam apparatus, grates and drying rooms; with illustrations experimental, scientific, and practical. To which are added, remarks on the nature of heat and light; and various tables useful in the application of heat.
London, Printed for Josiah Taylor 1824. 2nd edn.
(VAUGHAN, William)
On wet docks, quays, and warehouses, for the Port of London; with hints respecting trade. [And] Plan of the London-Dock, with some observations respecting the river immediately connected with docks in general, and of the improvement of navigation. [And] Plan of the river with the proposed docks.
London, 1793, 1794
VULLIAMY, B.L.
Some consideration on the subject of public clocks, particularly church clocks: with hints for their improvement. Dedicated, by permission, to the Right Honourable and Right Reverend The Lord Bishop of London, one of the Commissioners for building the new churches.
London, printed “For private circulation only, not for sale.” 1828
WARD, William Sykes
Specification of the patent granted to William Sykes Ward, of Leeds, in the County of York, Gentleman, for improvements in exhausting air from tubes or vessels for the purpose of working atmospheric railways, and for other purposes.
June 25, 1845
WARREN, G.K.
Report on bridging the Mississippi River between Saint Paul, Minn., and St. Louis, Mo..
Washington, Government Printing Office 1878
WATT, James
Proceedings of the public meeting held at Freemason's hall, on the 18th June, 1824, for erecting a monument to the late James Watt.
London, John Murray 1824
(WEALE, John)
The dredging machine
London, Weale 1843/4
WEST GATE BRIDGE, MELBOURNE
Report of Royal Commission into the failure of West Gate Bridge.
Melbourne, C.H. Rixon (Government printer) 1971
WHITE, John
An essay on the formation of harbours of refuge, and the improvement of the navigation of rivers and sea ports, by the adoption of moored floating constructions as breakwaters of the force of the sea tides and currents of sea coasts, and as regulating the course, depth, and flow of tidal and upland waters in rivers.
London, Weale 1840
WHITWORTH, Robert
A report and survey of the canal proposed to be made on one level, from Waltham-Abbey to Moorfields. Also a report and survey of a line which may be continued from Marybone to the said proposed canal, in case any future design of navigation to that place, or the north side of London, from the rivers Thames or Coln, should ever take place. To which is subjoin'd an address to the...worshipful the Aldermen and Common-Council, of the City of London, on the importance and great utility of canals in general [etc]. By James Sharp.
(London, 1773)
WING, J.M.
The tunnels and water system of Chicago. Under the Lake and under the River.
Chicago, J.M.Wing 1874