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GRE NGIHE ART OF BRITISH ENGINEERS 1837-19;
DEREK WALKER
ACADEMY EDITIONSLONDON
ST MARTINS PRESSNEW YORK
Contents
H.R.H. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGHForeword 9
PROFESSOR DEREK WALKERIntroduction 11
PROFESSOR EDMUND HAPPOLDA Personal Perception of Engineering 24
PROFESSOR WILLIAM GOSLINGA Short History of Electrical Communications 40
ROBERT THORNEPaxton and Prefabrication 52
FRANCIS PUGHDesign, Engineering and the Art of Drawing 71
DR. R. ANGUS BUCHANANThe Life-Style of the Victorian Engineers 83
PROFESSOR DEREK WALKERThe Railway Engineers 91
'AMES SUTHERLANDDevelopments of the Use of Materials in Structures 108
DR. DENIS SMITHSir Joseph BazalgeUe andPublic Health Engineering 119
PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER FRAYLINGThe Strange Case of theDuke ofWellington's Funeral Car 128
DON HOLLANDConstruction as a Prime Export 136
PROFESSOR DEREK WALKERThe Sydney Opera House 145
JAMES GOWANThe Engineering of Architecture 153
FRANK NEWBY AND DAVID COTTAMThe Engineer as Architect - Sir Owen Williams 159
DR. EDMUND C. HAMBLYThe North Sea Challenge 166
PROFESSOR DEREK WALKERServices and Structure -The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank 178
DONALD HUNTThe Grim Tale of the Channel Tunnel 193
MAX FORDHAMIntelligent Buildings for the Future 201
SIR ALASTAIR PILKINGTONResearch and Product Development - Glass 206
PROFESSOR DEREK WALKERToday's Engineers - The Legacy Lives On 216
DR. JOHN C. BASSSolid State Technology -The Stimulus of Electronics 247
Biographies 260
Great British Inventions in their Time 272
Bibliography 274
Acknowledgements and Photographic Credits 281
Index 284