Tunnel shields and the use of compressed air in subaqueous works

• Main Author: Copperthwaite, William Charles
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Archibald Constable, 1906.
• Subjects: Tunnel lining.; Underwater construction.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780727752673
• DOI: 10.1680/tsatuocaisw.52673
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 389 p.) : ill.

At the time of writing, virtually nothing had been published on the history of shield-work - the employment of a shield, with or without the aid of compressed air, in tunnelling operations of English origin. The author's aim was to gather in one volume a mass of information until then scattered...