Title Rudolph Glossop and the rise of geotechnology : selected journals, diaries and letters / edited by Ronald E. Williams.

Publication Info.	Dunbeath, Scotland : Whittles Pub., [2011]
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Description	1 online resource (xiii, 284 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-282) and index.
Contents	Foreword ; Introduction ; Selected journals ; The Royal School of Mines; Introduction to civil engineering; The Gold Coast ; The Second World War; Anti-tank defences; Airfield runways ; Mulberry habrours; Afterword ; Later journals ; Louis Leaky: a portrait; The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute 1955 ; Highways in Persia 1955-1958; North America 1958; Selected diaries and letters ; Diaries 1960/1961; Selected letters; Selected writings ; The development of geotechnology; Geotechnology and Géotechnique; Engineering Geology and Soil Mechanics.
	The Quarterly Journal of Engineering GeologyKarl Terzaghi: memories and reflections; John Mowlem-Siemens Schuckert partnership; From theory to practice in soil mechanics: book review; Karl Terzaghi: a personal tribute; The place of site investigation in foundation engineering; The influence of Terzaghi on civil engineering practice in England; Early technical papers ; The construction of pavements on a clay foundation soil; Particle size in silts and sands; Directory of people mentioned in the Diary ; Bibliography ; References ; Index of names.
Summary	A personal account of the role played by Rudolph Glossop, one of the founders of geotechnical engineering in the UK.
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Subject	Glossop, Rudolph.
	Glossop, Rudolph -- Diaries.
	Glossop, Rudolph -- Correspondence.
	Engineering geology.
	Engineering geology.
	Soil mechanics.
	Soil mechanics.
	Engineers -- Great Britain -- Diaries.
	Engineers.
	Great Britain.
Genre/Form	Diaries.
Subject	Engineers -- Great Britain -- Correspondence.
Genre/Form	Correspondence.
	Electronic books.
	Diaries.
	Personal correspondence.
	Personal correspondence.
Added Author	Williams, Ronald E.
Other Form:	Print version: Rudolph Glossop and the rise of geotechnology 9781849950213 (DLC) 2013433910 (OCoLC)711836745
ISBN	9781849951333 (electronic book)
	1849951330 (electronic book)
	9781849950213
	1849950210

Title Rudolph Glossop and the rise of geotechnology : selected journals, diaries and letters / edited by Ronald E. Williams.

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