CONTENTS

BOOK I.

HISTORY Or CIVIL ENGINEERING .

Chap. I.

Phoenician ; Ports of Sidon , Tyre , Carthage,&c. ..... Page 1

Chap. II.

Egyptian : Pyramids; Port of Alexandria; Smeltingand refining Metals; Hydraulic Architecture;Stone Quarries; Obelisks ; Bridges - 7

Chap. III.

Grecian.-*Ports of Athens, Piraeus , Eleusis, ACgina,*rene, Samos , Tenedos , Troas , Chios , Smyrna,Teos, Ephesus , Crete , Phalasarna, Cyprus , Nea-paphos, Paros , Delos, Cnidus , Halicarnassus , Cos,Myndus, Palermo, Syracuse , Agrigentum , Selinus,iEgesta, Taorminum, Messina, Posidonia, &c.;Walls of Cities ; Gates ; arts of Construction 40

Chap. IV.

Homan Engineering. — Walls of Cities, their con-struction ; Gates, &c.: Rome , Circeium, Au­ gusta Praetoria , Nismes, Augustus at Fano,'Autun ; Distribution and situation of the Build-ings within the Walls of Roman Cities; Materialsused in the Arts of Construction; Bricks,Tiles, and Conduit Pipes of Clay; Sand , Sea-Sand,Lime, Pozzolana; Stone used by the Romans;Marble , &c.; Timber; Pavements ; TemperingLime for Stucco; Stucco Works in damp Places;Colours employed for Decoration and Preserva-tion ; Strength of Building, &c.; Of the Forumand Basilica: Theatres, Greek and Roman; Am­ phitheatres , &c.; Circus , Riding Schools, &c.;Paths, their arrangement; Harbours and Build-ings in Water; Ports of Centocellae, Ostia ,Claudius, Trajan , CivitaVecchia , Terracina, Adria,Naples, Cuma, Misene , Baia;, Puzzuoli, FortusJulius, Leghorn , Sinus Lunensis, Genoa, Venice,Ancona, Antium, Tarentum, Brundusium , &c.:Hoads, their Magnitude, Beauty, and Con-struction ; Bridges ; Supply of Water to Townsand Cities; Instruments used for Levelling;Conducting of Water ; Fire Engines ; Forms ofWater-pipes ; Piscina ; Filters ; Aqueducts;Canals ; Drainage of the, Pontine Marshes ;Cloacae; Drainage of the Alban Lake, and theLake Fucino ; Tombs of the Romans ; Mausolii;Machines and Engines ; Principles of Mechanics ;Engines for raising Water; Water Mills ; Water Screw • Hydraulic Organs ; Saw Mills ; Mea-suring Distances ; Hydraulic Architecture;

Lazarettoes .... 83

Chap. V.

Holland and Germany ; Drainages and Bridges. 213

Chap. VI.

France .—Ports and Harbours at Dunkerque, Grave­ lines , Cherbourg ; Breakwaters , &c.: Havre,Dieppe , Marseilles , Rochefort, Toulon , Rouen ;Lighthouse at Cordouan ; Navigable Canals;Bridges; Supply of water; Aqueducts; Abattoirs;Markets ; Bourse ; Artesian wells ; Railroads 215Chap. VII.

America.— Harbours of Quebec , Halifax, Montreal ,Boston , New York, Philadelphia , Baltimore ,Charlestown, New Orleans : Canals: Supply ofTowns with Water j Railroads - - 293

Chap. VIII.

Britain, Ports and Harbours of: Docks on theThames : Chatham, Sheerness , Harwich, Orford,Southwold, Lowestoft , Yarmouth, Wells ; King’s Lynn ; Wisbeach ; Boston , Grimsby ; Bartou-upon-Humber ; Goole ; Kingston-upon-Hull ;Lighthouses at Spurn Point ; Bridlington harbour,Scarborough, Whitby, Hartlepool ; Sunderland,Lighthouse at; Harbours at South and North Shields ; Berwick-upon-Tweed.; Eyemouth ;Dunbar; Leith; Dundee ; Bell Rock Lighthouse;Harbours at Arbroath , Montrose, Gourdon ; Stone-haven, Aberdeen , Peterhead, Frazerburgh;Burghead ; Findhorn; Banff ; Avock ; Cullen;Fortrose; Cromarty; Mahomac; Tain; Wick;Pulteney Town ; Orkney Isles ; Kyle ; Rhea;Tobemory j Tarbet; Jura Small Isles; Feoline;Corran ; Glasgow ; Greenock ; Ardrossan ;Troon ; Ayr ; Carlisle ; Workington ,• White-haven ; Ravenglass ; Lancaster ; Preston ; Liver-pool ; Birkenhead ; Aberconway; Bangor ;Caernarvon; Beaumaris; Holyhead; Aberystwith;Milford Haven; Swansea; Cardiff ; Bristol;Bridgewater j Watchet, Minehead ; Ilfracombe;Barnstaple ; Bideford ; Hartland ; Padstow ; St.Ive’s; Penzance ; Falmouth ; Fowey ; Plymouth,Breakwater ; Eddystone Lighthouse : Harboursat Dartmouth ; Exmouth ; Sidmouth ; Axmouth ;Lyme Regis ; Weymouth; Poole; Christchurch;Southampton ; Portsmouth ; Little Hampton ;Shoreham ; Newhaven ; Cuxmere ; Hastings ;Rye ; Folkestone ; Dover; Sandwich ; Ramsgate ;Broadstairs; Margate ; Douglas; Port Patrick;Belfast ; Dublin ; Howth ; Kingston ; Cork;Jersey, St. Aubin’s, &c. : Walls and Gates ofCities and Towns ; Castles, &c. ; Bridges ; Roads ;Draining and Embanking; Drainage of Towns ;Supply of Towns with Water ; Rivers , Canals ,and Inland Navigation ; Steam Engines ; Steam Boats ; Locomotive ; Bailroads ; Atmospheric’;Electric Telegraphs; Gas Lighting; Prisons,..306

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