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Papers on professional subjects : lectures delivered in the New Lecture Theatre, Royal Engineer Establishment Chatham, 1861 - 1864

Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
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ContentsVolume I1.Introductory lecture by Colonel Simmons 10 October 1861 i - xx2. Lecture III on Architecture by J. Ferguson 9 December 18623.Precis of lecture 4 on the construction of telegraphic lines delivered by Fleeming Jenkin on 2 January 1863 and written from the lecturers notes by Clayton S.Beauchamp.4. Lecture 5 on the Maintenance and efficiency of telegraphic lines delivered by Fleeming Jenkin on January 29 1863 and written from the lecturers notes by Clayton S.Beauchamp.5.Lecture 7 on Proportion in architecture delivered by Lieutenant colonel Collison 31 March 1864.Volume II6. Paper 5, volume II. On reconnoitring balloons by Lieutenant G.E. Grover 14 November 1862.7. Paper 13, volume II. On pontoons by Lieutenant Colonel W. Lovell 28 November 1862.8.Paper 15, volume II. On certain irrigation works constructed in the Batticaloa Distrct of Ceylon, 1857 - 1860. by Captain W. Phillpotts 12 December 1863.9.Paper 16, volume II. On the defence of the main ditches of fortresses by counter-scarp casemates by Captain Webber, 13 February 1863.10. Paper 21, Volume II. On the representation of ground by Captain Scott, 20 February 1863.Papers on Professional subjects, volume III: session 1863 - 186411. Paper 1, volume III. A report of the spanish pack saddle made by Captain Fitzroy Somerset.12. Paper 2, volume II. On the mouths of the Danube and the improvement of the mouths of rivers, in non-tidal seas by Major Stokes 16 October 1863.13. Paper 8, volume III. On the construction of walls to resist artillery by Lieutenant Colonel T.B. Collison 19 February 1864.
Imprint:
Chatham
Collation:
ill maps plans ; 22cm
Notes:
Royal Engineer lectures from series 1-3 commencing in October 1861 and bound in a single volume. The series is incomplete.
Language:
English
Index terms:
mappingballooningdefencespontoonstelegraphsarchitecture
BRN:
994273
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