Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I EARLY LIFE
- CHAPTER II SUBORDINATE EMPLOYMENTS
- CHAPTER III THE RAILWAY ENGINEER, 1844-1850
- CHAPTER IV PROFESSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND WORK, 1850-1860
- CHAPTER V THE NENE IMPROVEMENT AND NORFOLK ESTUARY
- CHAPTER VI METROPOLITAN RAILWAY
- CHAPTER VII PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
- CHAPTER VIII MR. FOWLER AND GENERAL GARIBALDI: AN EPISODE
- CHAPTER IX A PROPOSAL FOR A CHANNEL FERRY
- CHAPTER X EGYPT
- CHAPTER XI THE FORTH BRIDGE
- CHAPTER XII THE ENGINEER AT HOME
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I EARLY LIFE
- CHAPTER II SUBORDINATE EMPLOYMENTS
- CHAPTER III THE RAILWAY ENGINEER, 1844-1850
- CHAPTER IV PROFESSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND WORK, 1850-1860
- CHAPTER V THE NENE IMPROVEMENT AND NORFOLK ESTUARY
- CHAPTER VI METROPOLITAN RAILWAY
- CHAPTER VII PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
- CHAPTER VIII MR. FOWLER AND GENERAL GARIBALDI: AN EPISODE
- CHAPTER IX A PROPOSAL FOR A CHANNEL FERRY
- CHAPTER X EGYPT
- CHAPTER XI THE FORTH BRIDGE
- CHAPTER XII THE ENGINEER AT HOME
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
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- The Life of Sir John Fowler, Engineer , pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1900