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Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1839-1907) drew on a distinguished career in canal and river engineering for this illustrated two-volume survey, here reissued in its enlarged 1896 second edition. Having started as an assistant to the civil engineer John Hawkshaw, Vernon-Harcourt was appointed resident engineer in 1866 for new works on London's East and West India docks. Later, as a consulting engineer, he specialised in the design and construction of harbours, docks, canals and river works, and he was elected professor of civil engineering at University College London in 1882. This publication covers the design and construction of tidal and flood defences, canals, locks, and irrigation works. Volume 1 covers the physical characteristics of rivers and estuaries, and the control of their flow through dredging and works such as weirs and breakwaters. Vernon-Harcourt also discusses the design of flood defences. His Harbours and Docks (1885) is also reissued in this series A distinguished consulting engineer and professor of civil engineering, Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1839-1907) specialised in canals, docks, and river works. This illustrated two-volume survey covers the design

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Author

LEVESON FRANCIS VERNON-HARCOURT

Publisher

University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781108081108

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Technology, Stem