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Earthwork Slips and Subsidences upon Public Works / Their Causes, Prevention, and Reparation

Chapter 22: TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
By John Newman
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A practical engineering manual that examines causes, prevention, and repair of earth slips and subsidences affecting public works and offers concise guidance for those responsible for railways, docks, canals, roads, and embankments. It surveys how different soils and site conditions respond to excavation and deposition, explains water percolation and drainage systems, and addresses slope design, safe loads, consolidation, and treatment of slipped material. Separate sections treat deposition practice, protection of sea and estuary embankments, failure of retaining walls, and foundation movement from upward water pressure, with emphasis on observational experience, precautionary measures, and practical remedies rather than exhaustive theory.

LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.
Crown 8vo., cloth, price 4s. 6d.
NOTES ON CONCRETE AND WORKS IN CONCRETE.
By JOHN NEWMAN, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E.
REVIEWS OF THE PRESS.
ENGINEERING—11th November, 1887.

“An epitome of the best practice which may be relied upon not to mislead.”

“The successful construction of works in concrete is a difficult matter to explain in books.”

“All the points which open the way to bad work are carefully pointed out by our author with a pertinacious insistence which demonstrates his clear appreciation of their value.”

IRON—21st October, 1887.

“As numerous examples are cited of the use of concrete in public works, and details supplied, the book will greatly assist engineers engaged upon such works.”

THE BUILDER—24th September, 1887.

“A very practical little book, carefully compiled, and one which all writers of specifications for concrete work would do well to peruse.”

“The book contains reliable information for all engaged upon public works.”

“A perusal of Mr. Newman’s valuable little handbook will point out the importance of a more careful investigation of the subject than is usually supposed to be necessary.”

AMERICAN PRESS.
BUILDING—19th November, 1887.

“To accomplish so much in so limited a space, the subject-matter has been confined to chapters.”

“We take pleasure in saying that this is the most admirable and complete handbook on concretes for engineers of which we have knowledge.”

London: E. & F. N. SPON, 125, Strand.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

  1. Changed “the sinking a sump” to “the sinking of a sump” on p. 202.
  2. Silently corrected typographical errors.
  3. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.