Life Of Robert Stevenson Civil Engineer

This 1878 biography explains how civil engineer Robert Stevenson's many lighthouses made the Scottish coastline much safer for shipping.

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Excerpt from Life of Robert Stevenson, Civil Engineer: Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; Fellow of the Geological Society of London; Fellow of the Astronomical Society of London; Member of the Society of Scottish Antiquaries, of the Wernerian Natural History Society, and of the Institution of Civil En This has been attempted in the following Memoir, which will be found to consist of extracts from Mr. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Biographical Sketch of the Late Robert Stevenson Civil Enginee is a fascinating portrait of one of Scotland's most celebrated engineers. In this book, Alan Stevenson, Robert's son, provides a glimpse into his father's life, his many accomplishments, and his lasting impact on the field of engineering. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The addresses made to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and theInstitution of Civil Engineers, at the opening meetings of thesession--1851, contained obituary notices of Robert Stevenson. Thelate Alan Stevenson, his eldest son, also wrote a short Memoir of hisfather, which was printed for private circulation.But Robert Stevenson's long practice as a Civil Engineer--theimportant works he executed--and the valuable contributions he made toEngineering and Scientific literature, seem to me to require a fullernotice of his life than has hitherto been given.This has been attempted in the following Memoir, which will be foundto consist of extracts from Mr. Stevenson's Professional Reports--ofnotes from his Diary--and of communications to Scientific Journals andSocieties, between the years 1798 and 1843, when he retired from activepractice.These papers embrace a wide field of Engineering, includingLighthouses, Harbours, Rivers, Roads, Railways, Ferries, Bridges, andother cognate subjects.Some of them describe Engineering practice which is now obsolete, butnot on that account, I think, uninteresting to such modern Engineers ashave regard for the antiquities of their Profession.Some of them, I am aware, can only be appreciated by those who arespecially interested in the city of Edinburgh.All of them will, I venture to think, be found worthy of preservationas interesting Engineering records of an era that has passed away. Itformed no part of my duty to criticise them, in the light of modernEngineering, and, unaltered in form of expression or statement ofopinion, they are now reproduced as they came from my father's pen.