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Title Rudolph Glossop and the rise of geotechnology : selected journals, diaries and letters / edited by Ronald E. Williams
Published Dunbeath, Scotland : Whittles Pub., [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 284 pages) : illustrations
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-282) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Glossop, Rudolph
Glossop, Rudolph -- Diaries
Glossop, Rudolph -- Correspondence
Engineering geology.
Soil mechanics.
Engineers -- Great Britain -- Diaries
Engineers -- Great Britain -- Correspondence
Geotechnical engineering.
soil mechanics.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- General.
Geotechnical engineering
Engineering geology
Engineers
Soil mechanics
Great Britain
Genre/Form Diaries
Personal correspondence
Form Electronic book
Author Williams, Ronald E
ISBN 9781849951333
1849951330