{"product_id":"practical-tunnelling-the-setting-out-of-the-works-shaft-sinking-and-heading-driving-ranging-the-lines-and-levelling-under-ground-sub-excavating-timbering-and-the-construction-of-the-brickwork-of-tunnels-paperback-9781108070300","title":"Practical Tunnelling; The Setting Out of the Works, Shaft-Sinking and Heading-Driving, Ranging the Lines and Levelling under Ground, Sub-Excavating, Timbering, and the Construction of the Brickwork of Tunnels (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108070300","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePractical Tunnelling\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Setting Out of the Works, Shaft-Sinking and Heading-Driving, Ranging the Lines and Levelling under Ground, Sub-Excavating, Timbering, and the Construction of the Brickwork of Tunnels\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn illustrated 1844 textbook covering tunnel construction for railways, written by a leading authority on the subject at the time.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrederick Walter Simms (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108070300, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 July 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e210 pages, 59 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 1.1 cm, 0.37 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\"\u003eThe engineer and technical writer Frederick Walter Simms (1803–65) ranked as a leading authority on tunnel construction for railways. After working for a time at the Royal Observatory, Simms assisted Henry Robinson Palmer and later Sir William Cubitt on the South Eastern Railway. He was awarded the Telford medal by the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1842 for his articles on tunnelling, and further employment on railways in England and France was followed by engineering consultancies to the East India Company and the London, Chatham and Dover Railway. He gained greatest recognition, however, as the author of authoritative engineering textbooks, notably this work, first published in 1844. Considered the standard textbook on the subject at the time, it sets out the approved practices of the day, using the Bletchingley and Saltwood tunnels, whose construction Simms supervised, as key examples. A number of technical illustrations accompany the text.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Geological features of the South-Eastern Railway\u003cbr\u003e 2. Description of the observatory\u003cbr\u003e 3. Setting out the shafts\u003cbr\u003e 4. Shaft sinking\u003cbr\u003e 5. Shaft sinking (cont.)\u003cbr\u003e 6. Shaft sinking (concl.)\u003cbr\u003e 7. Driving the heads\u003cbr\u003e 8. Form and dimension of Bletchingley and Saltwood tunnels\u003cbr\u003e 9. Construction of the tunnels\u003cbr\u003e 10. Construction of the tunnels (cont.)\u003cbr\u003e 11. Construction of the tunnels (cont.)\u003cbr\u003e 12. Construction of the tunnels (concl.)\u003cbr\u003e 13. Tunnel entrances\u003cbr\u003e 14. The centres of ordinary construction\u003cbr\u003e 15. Miscellaneous\u003cbr\u003e Appendix.\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":46003776946456,"sku":"9781108070300","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108070300i.jpg?v=1696748828","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/practical-tunnelling-the-setting-out-of-the-works-shaft-sinking-and-heading-driving-ranging-the-lines-and-levelling-under-ground-sub-excavating-timbering-and-the-construction-of-the-brickwork-of-tunnels-paperback-9781108070300","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}