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Thomas Tredgold (1788 1829) has been described as 'the most
influential technical author of his generation and possibly of the
nineteenth century'. His writings contributed greatly to the wider
understanding of engineering, and it is his definition of civil
engineering that the Institution of Civil Engineers wrote into
their charter of 1828. Published in 1827, this work provides a
historical survey and explanation of 'a masterpiece of human
contrivance'. Tredgold breaks his subject down into ten sections,
each covering areas such as the properties of steam, the differing
means of harnessing its power, the history of the steam engine's
invention and improvement, and the various applications of steam
power. Containing many tables, formulae and line drawings, this
thorough work complements Charles Frederick Partington's Historical
and Descriptive Account of the Steam Engine (1822), which is also
reissued in this series."
Although cast iron was used in pagoda construction in ancient
China, it was in Britain in the eighteenth century that new methods
allowed for its production in quantities that enabled widespread
use. An engineer who had educated himself tirelessly in technical
subjects from carpentry to architecture, Thomas Tredgold (1788
1829) first published this work in 1822. It served as a standard
textbook for British engineers in the early nineteenth century, and
several translations extended its influence on the continent.
Reissued here in the fourth edition of 1842, edited and annotated
by the structural engineer Eaton Hodgkinson (1789 1861), who
presents his own research in the second volume, this work addresses
both practical and mathematical questions in assessing metallic
strength. In Volume 1, wherever progress has been made since the
original publication, Hodgkinson adds notes to Tredgold's original
text, pointing out certain errors."
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