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| I. | ELEVATION OF BELL ROCK LIGHTHOUSE, | 25 |
| II. | SECTION OF BELL ROCK LIGHTHOUSE, | 25 |
| III. | VIGNETTE OF BELL ROCK LIGHTHOUSE, WITH FACSIMILE OF LINES WRITTEN IN BELL ROCK ALBUM BY SIR WALTER SCOTT, | 47 |
| IV. | PLAN OF APPROACHES TO EDINBURGH BY REGENT AND LONDON ROADS, 1814, | 77 |
| V. | DESIGN FOR BUILDING ON THE CALTON HILL, EDINBURGH, | 90 |
| VI. | ELEVATIONS OF ANNAN AND MARYKIRK BRIDGES, | 160 |
| VII. | ELEVATIONS OF HUTCHESON AND STIRLING BRIDGES, | 160 |
| VIII. | DESIGN FOR HIGH LEVEL ROAD BRIDGE AT NEWCASTLE ON TYNE, | 161 |
| IX. | DESIGN FOR WOLF ROCK LIGHTHOUSE, | 174 |
| X. | CARR ROCK BEACON, | 179 |
| XI. | MOVEABLE JIB AND BALANCE CRANES, | 182 |
| XII. | CHART OF THE NORTH SEA OR GERMAN OCEAN, WITH SECTIONS OF THE DEPTHS OF WATER, 1820, | 207 |
About This Book
The biography traces Robert Stevenson’s life and career from his early years through retirement, compiling extracts from professional reports, diary entries, and scientific papers. It documents his lighthouse work including the Bell Rock and Wolf Rock projects and his experiments in illumination such as flashing, intermittent, and dioptric systems. Other chapters cover roads, bridges, harbours, ferries, railways, cranes, marine surveying, timber preservation, and fisheries, supported by plans and plates. Technical descriptions are presented largely unaltered, offering practical detail on 18th–19th century civil engineering practice and urban improvements around Edinburgh.