Stevenson,David — Life of Robert Stevenson

Adam & Charles Black This is a Very Good Copy of this hardcover book in bown cloth with gilt title lettering to spine.No Dust-Jacket.There are no previous names or inscriptions present.Lovely clean tight copy with a firm binding.Internal text block rermains clean internally.There are a few marks to the outer cloth boards.Illustrated with 12 wonderful plates and with many further text illustrations and figure drawings wrapped in and around the text.Fascinating work on Stevenson written by his Son.Robert Stevenson born on 8th June in 1772 in Glasgow and died in 1850 he was a civil engineer who in 1797 succeeded his stepfather, Thomas Smith, as a member of the Scottish Lighthouse Board. In that capacity until 1843, he designed and built lighthouses (1797-1843) and invented intermittent and flashing lights as well as the hydrophore (an instrument for obtaining specimens from water). He wrote Account of the Bell Rock Lighthouse (1824), the famous lighthouse that he built (1807-12) in collaboration with John Rennie on an isolated site,the first such in Scotland. Three of Stevenson's sons, Alan, David, and Thomas, were associated with him in the practice of engineering.Large and Heavy 4to some extra postage required 283pp First Edition [1878] Very Good No Jacket First Edition 1st Printing London 8vo