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One of the largest civil engineering projects in eighteenth century Scotland
The Report of John Smeaton Engineer and F.R.S. concerning The Practicality and Expence of joining the Rivers Forth and Clyde by a Navigable Canal,
and thereby to join the East Sea with the West. With a Map of the Country and a Plan of the Canal
Edinburgh,
Printed by Balfour, Auld and Smellie; For John Balfour Bookseller,
1767.
First Edition, quarto (370 by 210mm), title, A-E4, 1 leaf, 35, [5] pp, two folding maps, some minor offsetting and a few minor tears skifully repaired, stab bound, original red marbled paper wrappers, rubbed.
20169
notes:
A fine example of Smeaton's report on the Forth and Cylde Canal.
The Forth and Clyde canal was Smeaton's largest project, indeed it was one of the largest civil engineering undertakings of the eighteenth century, and Britain's first watershed canal (sometimes called summit level canal), 28 miles long. This report was written in 1764 but printing delayed till 1767. Smeaton would commence work on the canal in 1765, however, with to Smeaton falling out with the prop...
The Forth and Clyde canal was Smeaton's largest project, indeed it was one of the largest civil engineering undertakings of the eighteenth century, and Britain's first watershed canal (sometimes called summit level canal), 28 miles long. This report was written in 1764 but printing delayed till 1767. Smeaton would commence work on the canal in 1765, however, with to Smeaton falling out with the prop...
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