{"product_id":"charles-blacker-vignoles-romantic-engineer-hardback-9780521239301","title":"Charles Blacker Vignoles: Romantic Engineer (Hardback) 9780521239301","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCharles Blacker Vignoles: Romantic Engineer\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1982 book draws on primary sources to illuminate the life and achievements of engineer Charles Blacker Vignoles (1793–1875).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eK. H. Vignoles (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521239301, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 June 1982\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 1.2 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCharles Blacker Vignoles (1793–1875) has been somewhat overshadowed by his contemporaries, the Stephensons, Brunel and Locke. Yet from 1825 to 1870, he was continually involved in the field of civil engineering in the UK, Ireland and overseas. Among his achievements were the Tudela and Bilbao Railway in northern Spain, and the suspension bridge spanning the River Dnieper at Kiev, Russia, which at the time of its completion was one of the largest bridges of its kind in the world. This account, originally published in 1982, is based on a close study of original records, including a large volume of correspondence as well as Vignoles' extensive diaries in the British Library. The aim of the book is to put his engineering achievements into perspective in comparison with those of his contemporaries, and by drawing on his own account of himself to illuminate the personal background of one of the great pioneers of the Victorian age of civil engineering.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. The infant ensign, 1793–1817\u003cbr\u003e 2. South Carolina and Florida, 1817–23\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1823–27\u003cbr\u003e 4. The struggle for recognition, 1827–32\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Dublin and Kingstown Railway and the Irish Railway Commission, 1832–9\u003cbr\u003e 6. The North Union, the Midland Counties railways, and the Vignoles rail, 1834–9\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Sheffield and Manchester disaster, 1835–40\u003cbr\u003e 8. The difficult years, 1841–4\u003cbr\u003e 9. The 'Railway Mania', 1844–6\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Kiev Bridge I, 1846–9\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Kiev Bridge II, 1849–53\u003cbr\u003e 12. The last works, 1847–63\u003cbr\u003e 13. The end of a career, 1863–75\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006952788248,"sku":"9780521239301","price":91.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521239301i_a99d79f1-712e-4fd2-9995-8b097037e169.jpg?v=1691374059","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/charles-blacker-vignoles-romantic-engineer-hardback-9780521239301","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}