Structural Iron 1750–1850

R.J.M. Sutherland, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Past President of the Newcomen Society S.B. Hamilton, A. W. Skempton, H.R. Johnson, R.S. Fitzgerald, R.J.M. Sutherland, E.J. Diestelkamp, S.J Fedorov, E.L. Kemp, T. Day, A. Picon, B. Trinder, D.A. Gasparini, C. Provost, D. Smith, J.G. James.

Contents: The use of cast iron in building, S.B. Hamilton; The first iron frames, A. W. Skempton and H.R. Johnson; The development of the cast iron frame in textile mills to 1850, R.S. Fitzgerald; The age of cast iron 1780-1850: who sized the beams?, R.J.M. Sutherland; Richard Turner and the Palm House at Kew Gardens, E.J. Diestelkamp; Matthew Clark and the origins of Russian structural engineering 1810-40s: an introductory biography, S.J Fedorov; Shipbuilding and the long span roof, R.J. M. Sutherland; James Finley and the modern suspension bridge, E.L. Kemp; Samuel Brown: his influence on the design of suspension bridges, T. Day; Navier and the introduction of suspension bridges in France, A. Picon; Ellet’s contribution to the development of suspension bridges, E.L. Kemp; The first iron bridges, B. Trinder; Early 19th-century developments in truss design in Britain, France and the United States, D.A. Gasparini and C. Provost; The introduction of structural wrought iron, R.J.M. Sutherland; Structural model testing and the design of British railway bridges in the 19th century, D. Smith; The evolution of iron bridge trusses to 1850; J.G. James; Russian iron bridges to 1850, J.G. James; Index.