An in-depth text about the lives and works of engineers, focusing on the history of engineering, the life of John Smeaton, and the life of John Rennie. This book is text heavy with accompanying small illustrations through out the book. The content covers topics such as: Shipping and Harbours; Beacons and Lighthouses; Old Bridges; Old London Bridge; William Edwards, Bridge Builders; Life of John Smeaton - Smeaton's Boyhood and Education; Smeaton Learns the Trade of Mathematical Instrument Maker; The Eddystone Rock - Winstanley's and Rudyerd's Lighthouses; Smeaton's Lighthouses on the Eddystone; Mr. Smeaton's Employement as a Civil Engineer; Smeaton's Private Life-Death and Character; Life of John Rennie - Rennie's Boyhood and Education; Rennie's Masters-Andrew Meikle; Rennie Begins Business as Millwright and Engineer; The Albion Mills-Mr. Rennie as Engineer; Mr. Rennie's Drainage of the Lincoln and Cambridge Fens; Mr. Rennie's Bridges; The Bell Rock Lighthouse; Mr. Rennie's Docks and Harbours; Mr. Rennie's War Docks and Other Government Works; Plymouth Breakwater; Mr. Rennie's Last Works-His Death and Character.
Smiles, Samuel (1812-1904), author and government reformer
A folder containing plates of Antiquities from Athens and Attica, with drawings, photographs, plans, sections and elevations, some at scale. Buildings included in the first volume are: Mount Hymette; Convent of St. John; Temple of Diane Agrotera; Promontory Scylloeum, in the Peloponnese; Temple of Ceres Agrotera; Temple of Olympian Jupiter; Heights of Aegina; Adrien's Arch; Museum, Athens Hill; Philopappus Monument; Parthenon; Salamine heights; Debris of columns; Temple of Theseus; Acro-Corinth; Mount Corydal; Ionic Temple on the Ilyssus; Octagon Tower of Andronicus Cyrrhestes; Choragic Monument of Lysicrates. Volume two: Acropolis; Temple of Minerva; Temple of Olympian Jupiter; Temples of Erechthee, Minerva Poliade, and Pandrose; Theater of Bacchus; Choragic Monument of Thrasyllus; Propylaea. Volume three: Plans of Athens and Attica; Temple of Theseus; Temple of Olympian Jupiter; The Arch of Theseus or Adrian; Aqueduct of Adrian; Philopappus Monument, Bridge over Ilyssus and Panathenaic Stadium; Odeum of Regilla; Ionic colonnade near the Lantern of Demosthenes; Temple of Corinth; Ruins at Salonica called the Incantade; Antiquities of the Island of Delos. Volume four: Antiquities of Pola; Amphitheater; Temple of Rome and Augustus; Sergius's Arch; Parthenon sculptures. Volume five: Eleusis; Propylaea; Temple of Ceres; Temple of Diana Propylaea; Rhamnus; Temple of Nemesis; Temple of Themis; Sunium; Propylaea; Temple of Minerva Suniade; Thoricus.
Stuart, James (1713-1788), archaeologist, architect and artist
