Record

RefNoPP/13/32/2
Previous numbersPP/45/35
LevelItem
TitleDiagrams, 'Investigations of schemes for improving the Seine estuary [France]' by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt
CreatorVernon-Harcourt; Leveson Francis (1839-1907); British civil engineer
Date1889
DescriptionThree pages of of nine diagrams each, labelled schemes A, B1, B2, C, D, D bis, E, E bis and F respectively, showing a map of the estuary of the Seine at Le Havre and proposed plans for improvement.

Subject: Civil engineering

Prints of these diagrams were published in volume 45 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'The principles of training rivers through tidal estuaries, as illustrated by investigations into the methods of improving the navigation channels of the estuary of the Seine'.
Extent3p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk on brittle parchment paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1888.0121
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