Record

RefNoMS/950
LevelFile
TitleReport, 'Mouths of the Danube', by Charles Blacker Vignoles
CreatorVignoles; Charles Blacker (1793-1875); British civil engineer
Date31 March 1857
DescriptionDescriptive account of the geography of the Danube River, and steps to improve the navigability of its entrance by steamboat dredging. With two illustrations: one, 'Map of the Lower Danube and Adjacent Countries'; with a second 'Section of the mouth and bar of the Sulina Channel into the River Danube'.

Signed [p.22]: 'Charles Vignoles F.R.S. Civil Engineer. 21 Duke Street Westminster, S.W. 31st March 1857'.
Extent1 volume; 44p. [paginated 1-22, rectos only, verso pages blank] and 2 maps.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescription1 volume. Full brown leather binding. Gilded inscription to front board: 'Mouths & Delta of the Danube by Charles Vignoles F.R.S.'; and to spine 'Vignoles. Mouths of the Danube'.
Dimensions330x217mm.
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5198Vignoles; Charles Blacker (1793 - 1875)1793 - 1875
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