Practical Tunnelling: The Setting Out of the Works, Shaft-Sinking and Heading-Driving, Ranging the Lines and Levelling Under Ground, Sub-Exc

by Frederick Walter Simms

Book Overview

The 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108070302
• ISBN13: 9781108070300
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"