Studies in the History of Civil Engineering
Volume 2
Masonry Bridges, Viaducts and Aqueducts
Studies in the History of Civil Engineering
General Editor: Joyce Brown
with the assistance of M.M. Chrimes, A.W. Skempton, N.A.F. Smith and R.J.M. Sutherland
Twelve volumes are to appear from the Autumn of 1997:
1. The Engineering of Medieval Cathedrals
Edited by LYNN T. COURTENAY, University of Wisconsin
2. Masonry Bridges, Viaducts and Aqueducts
Edited by TED RUDDOCK, University of Edinburgh
3. Land Drainage and Irrigation
Edited by SALVATORE CIRIACONO, University of Padova
4. Dams
Edited by DONALD C. JACKSON, Lafayette College
5. Water-Supply and Public Health Engineering
Edited by DENIS SMITH, formerly University of East London
6. Port and Harbour Engineering
Edited by ADRIAN JARVIS, Merseyside Maritime Museum and Liverpool University
7. The Civil Engineering of Canals and Railways before 1850
Edited by MIKE CHRIMES, Institution of Civil Engineers
8. The Development of Timber as a Structural Material
Edited by DAVID T. YEOMANS, Liverpool University
9. Structural Iron, 17501850
Edited by R.J.M. SUTHERLAND, Consultant, Harris and Sutherland, London
10. Structural Iron and Steel, 18501900
Edited by ROBERT THORNE, Editor, Construction History Journal
11. Early Reinforced Concrete
Edited by FRANK NEWBY, formerly F.J. Samuely and Partners, London
12. Structural and Civil Engineering Design
Edited by WILLIAM ADDIS, University of Reading
Studies in the History of Civil Engineering
General Editor: Joyce Brown
Volume 2
Masonry Bridges, Viaducts and Aqueducts
edited by
Ted Ruddock
First published 2000 by Ashgate Publishing
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Masonry Bridges, Viaducts and Aqueducts.
(Studies in the History of Civil Engineering; v. 2).
1. Bridges, masonryHistory. 2. ViaductsHistory. 3. AqueductsHistory.
I. Ruddock, Ted.
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STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING- VOL. 2
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Contents
B. Harvey
N.A.F. Smith
N.A.F. Smith
F.D. Prager
M.N. Boyer
M.N. Boyer
D. Calabi and P. Morachiello
H. Luschery
J. Summerson
E. C. Ruddock
E.I. Williams
E.C. Ruddock
E.C. Ruddock
Jean Manco
J. Heyman and B.D. Threlfall
J.B.B. Owen
L.D. Lankton
E.D. Galvin
D. Brooke
J. Heyman
The chapters in this volume are taken from the sources listed below, for which the editors and publishers wish to thank their authors, original publishers or other copyright holders for permission to use their material as follows:
: B. Harvey, Testing times for arches, New Scientist, no. 1508 (15 May 1986), pp. 5459. Reproduced by permission of Reed Business Information Ltd.
: N.A.F. Smith, The Roman bridge-builder: some aspects of his work, The Structural Engineer, 71, no. 9 (1993), pp. 160165. Copyright 1993 by The Institution of Structural Engineers, London.
: N.A.F. Smith, The Pont du Gard and the aqueduct of Nmes, Transactions of the Newcomen Society, 62 (199091), pp. 5376. Copyright 199091 by the Newcomen Society, London.
: F.D. Prager, Vitruvius and the elevated aqueducts, History of Technology, 3 (1978), pp. 105121. Copyright 1978 by Mansell Information/ Publishing Limited and the Contributors. Reproduced by permission of Mansell, an imprint of Cassell, Wellington House, 125 Strand, London, WC2R 0BB.
: M.N. Boyer, Resistance to technological innovation: the history of the pile driver through the 18th century, Technology and Culture, 26, no. 1 (1985), pp. 5668. Copyright 1985 by The Society for the History of Technology. Reproduced by permission of The Johns Hopkins University Press.
: M.N. Boyer, Rebuilding the bridge at Albi, 14081410, Technology and Culture, 7, no. 1 (1966), pp. 2437. Copyright 1966 by The Society for the History of Technology. Reproduced by permission of The Johns Hopkins University Press.
: D. Calabi and P. Morachiello, Le Pont du Rialto: un chantier public Venise la fin du XVIe sicle, Annales conomies,Socitis, Civilisations, 43, no. 2 (1988), pp. 453476. Copyright by the cole des Hautes tudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris. Reproduced by permission of Librairie Armand Colin.
: H. Luschey, The Pul-i Khwj in Isfahan: a combination of bridge, dam and water art, Iran: Journal of Persian Studies, (1985), pp. 143151. Copyright by H. Luschey.
: J. Summerson, Berwick-on-Tweed Bridge, The History of the Kings Works, , pt. 2 (14851660), ed. H.M. Colvin (London, 1982), pp. 769778. Crown copyright. Reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majestys Stationery Office.
: E.C. Ruddock, Hollow spandrels in arch bridges: a historical study, The Structural Engineer, 52, no. 8 (1974), pp. 281293. Copyright 1974 by The Institution of Structural Engineers, London.
: E.I. Williams, Pont-y-ty-pridd: a critical examination of its history, Transactions of the Newcomen Society, 24 (194345), pp. 121130. Copyright 1945 by the Newcomen Society, London.
: E.C. Ruddock, William Edwardss bridge at Pontypridd, Industrial Archaeology, 11, no. 3 (1974), pp. 194208. Copyright 1974 by Bratton Publishing Limited. Reproduced by permission of Graphmitre Limited, Tavistock.
