The Design and Construction of Harbours

A Treatise on Maritime Engineering

By: Thomas Stevenson

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Paperback | 30 June 2011

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Thomas Stevenson (1818 1887) was the son of the engineer Robert Stevenson, and father of the writer Robert Louis Stevenson. Like his brothers David and Alan, he became a lighthouse designer, being responsible for over thirty examples around Scotland. Throughout his career he was interested in the theory as well as the practice of his profession, and published over sixty articles on engineering and meteorology. He was an international expert on lighthouses and harbour engineering. This work was first published in 1864 as a development of his article on harbours in the eighth edition (1857) of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and considerably expanded in a second edition of 1874 which is reprinted here. Stevenson studied how the wind, waves and tides would act on the coastline and man-made structures, and the design of each harbour needed to take a wide range of factors into consideration."

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Hydraulics & Pneumatics

Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
Interior works âÇô exterior works âÇô different classes of harbours
Geological and other physical features
Generation of waves
Force of the waves
Conditions which affect the force of waves
Design of profile, etc., of harbours in deep water
Design of profile, etc., for tidal harbours
Design of ground-plan of harbours
Docks, tide-basins, locks, graving-docks, slips, etc.
Materials, kinds of masonry, implements, etc.
On the efficacy of tide and fresh water in preserving the outfall of harbours and rivers
Miscellaneous subjects relating to harbours
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