GRE NGIHE ART OF BRITISH ENGINEERS 1837-19;

DEREK WALKER

ACADEMY EDITIONSLONDON

ST MARTINS PRESSNEW YORK

Contents

H.R.H. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGHForeword 9

PROFESSOR DEREK WALKERIntroduction 11

PROFESSOR EDMUND HAPPOLDA Personal Perception of Engineering 24

PROFESSOR WILLIAM GOSLINGA Short History of Electrical Communications 40

ROBERT THORNEPaxton and Prefabrication 52

FRANCIS PUGHDesign, Engineering and the Art of Drawing 71

DR. R. ANGUS BUCHANANThe Life-Style of the Victorian Engineers 83

PROFESSOR DEREK WALKERThe Railway Engineers 91

'AMES SUTHERLANDDevelopments of the Use of Materials in Structures 108

DR. DENIS SMITHSir Joseph BazalgeUe andPublic Health Engineering 119

PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER FRAYLINGThe Strange Case of theDuke ofWellington's Funeral Car 128

DON HOLLANDConstruction as a Prime Export 136

PROFESSOR DEREK WALKERThe Sydney Opera House 145

JAMES GOWANThe Engineering of Architecture 153

FRANK NEWBY AND DAVID COTTAMThe Engineer as Architect - Sir Owen Williams 159

DR. EDMUND C. HAMBLYThe North Sea Challenge 166

PROFESSOR DEREK WALKERServices and Structure -The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank 178

DONALD HUNTThe Grim Tale of the Channel Tunnel 193

MAX FORDHAMIntelligent Buildings for the Future 201

SIR ALASTAIR PILKINGTONResearch and Product Development - Glass 206

PROFESSOR DEREK WALKERToday's Engineers - The Legacy Lives On 216

DR. JOHN C. BASSSolid State Technology -The Stimulus of Electronics 247

Biographies 260

Great British Inventions in their Time 272

Bibliography 274

Acknowledgements and Photographic Credits 281

Index 284