‘Settlement analysis of engineering structures’, Engineering, no 146, 1938, pp 403-406 [3-8]

With L F Cooling, ‘Some experiments on the consolidation of clay’, Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers, no 16, 1941, pp 381-398

With L F Cooling, ‘A laboratory study of London clay’, Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers, no 17, 1942, pp 251-276

‘An investigation of the bearing capacity of a soft clay soil’, Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers, no 18, 1942, pp 307-321

‘Some principles of foundation behaviour’, Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, no 50, 1942, pp 3-6

‘Notes on the compressibility of clays’, Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, vol C, July 1944, pp 119-135

‘A slip in the west bank of the Eau Brink Cut’, Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers, no 24, 1945, pp 267-283

With R Glossop, ‘Particle size in silts and sands’, Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers, no 25, 1945, pp 81-105

‘Earth pressure and the stability of slopes’ [lecture], Institution of Civil Engineers, 1946, pp 31-61

‘Alexandre Collin (1808-90), pioneer in soil mechanics’ Transactions of the Newcomen Society, no 25, 1945-46 & 1946-47, pp 91-104

‘A study of the geotechnical properties of some post-glacial clays’, Géotechnique, vol 1, 1948), pp 7-22

‘The ø = 0 analysis of stability and its theoretical basis’, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, vol 1, 1948, pp 72-78

‘The geotechnical properties of a deep stratum of post-glacial clay at Gosport’, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, vol 1, 1948, pp 145-150

With H Q Golder, ‘The angle of shearing resistance in cohesive soils for tests at constant water content’, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, vol 1, 1948, pp 185-192

‘A study of the immediate triaxial test on cohesive soils’, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, vol 1, 1948, pp 192-196

‘The rate of softening in stiff-fissured clays, with special reference to London clay’, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, vol 2, 1948, pp 50-53

With H Q Golder, ‘Practical examples of the ø = 0 analysis of stability of clays’, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, vol 2, 1948, pp 63-70

The effective stresses in saturated clays strained at constant volume, Proceedings of the 7th International Congress on Applied Mechanics, vol 1, 1948, pp 378-392

‘Vane tests in the alluvial plain of the River Forth near Grangemouth’, Géotechnique, vol 1, 1948, pp 111-124

With A W Bishop ‘The measurement of the shear strength of soils’, Géotechnique, vol 2, 1950, pp 90-108

‘Soil mechanics and the history of civil engineering’ [BBC broadcast], 11 May 1950

‘Soil mechanics in relation to geology’, Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, vol 29, part 1, no 3, 1953, pp 33-62

‘The bearing capacity of clays’, Building Research Congress, vol 1, 1951, pp 180-189

‘The sensitivity of clays’, Géotechnique, vol 3, 1952, pp 30-53

‘Investigations concerning a deep cofferdam in the Thames Estuary clay at Shellhaven’, Géotechnique, vol 3, 1952, pp 119-139

With A A Yassin & R E Gibson, ‘Théorie de la force partante des pieux dans le sable, Annales de l’Institut Technique du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics, vol 16, 1953, pp 285-290 [pencil addition: A possible relationship between the true cohesion and the mineralogy of clays]

‘The Colloidal “Activity” of Clays’, Proceedings of Third International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Switzerland, Aug 1953, pp 57-61

With D J Henkel, ‘The post-glacial clays of the Thames Estuary at Tilbury and Shellhaven’, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, vol 1, 1953, pp 302-308

‘Earth pressure, retaining walls, tunnels and strutted observations’, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, vol 2, 1953, pp 353-361

‘The engineers of the English river navigations, 1620-1760’, Transactions of the Newcomen Society, vol XXIX, 1953-54 & 1954-55, pp 25-54

‘A foundation failure due to clay shrinkage caused by poplar trees ‘, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, part I, no 3, 1954, pp 66-86; correspondence, ibid, pp 616-621

With A W Bishop, ‘Soils’, chapter X of Building Materials, edited by M Reiner, Amsterdam, 1954, pp 417-482

With D J Henkel, ‘A landslide at Jackfield, Shropshire, in a heavily over-consolidated clay’, Géotechnique, vol 5, 1955, pp 131-137

‘The pore-pressure coefficients A and B’, Géotechnique, vol 4, 1954, pp 143-147

With A W Bishop, ‘The gain in stability due to pore-pressure dissipation in a soft clay foundation’, 5th International Conference on Large Dams, vol 1, 1955, pp 613-638

With R B Peck & D H MacDonald, ‘Settlement analyses of six structures in Chicago and London, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, part I, vol 4, 1955, pp 525-544; correspondence, ibid, vol 5, 1956, pp 170-172

‘Foundations for high buildings’, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, part III, vol 4, 1955, pp 246-269

With D H MacDonald, ‘A survey of comparisons between calculated and observed settlements of structures on clay’, Proceedings of Conference on Correlation between Calculated and Observed Stresses and Displacements in Structures, Institution of Civil Engineers, 1955, pp 318-337

‘Soil mechanics and its place in the University’ [inaugural lecture], Imperial College, 1955

‘Alexandre Collin (1808-1890) and his pioneer work in soil mechanics’, from A Collin, Landslides in Clays, Toronto, 1956, pp xi-xxxiv

With D H MacDonald, ‘The allowable settlements of buildings’, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, part III, vol 5, 1956, pp 727-768

‘The origin of iron beams’, Actes du VIIIe congrès internationale d’histoire des sciences, vol 3, 1956, pp 1029-1039

With H R Johnson, ‘William Strutt’s cotton mills, 1793-1812’, Transactions of the Newcomen Society, vol XXX, 1955-56 & 1956-57, pp 179-205

With D J Henkel, ‘With Tests on London clay from deep borings at Paddington, Victoria and the South Bank’, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, vol 1, 1957, pp 100-106

With F A De Lory, ‘Stability of natural slopes in London clay’, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, vol 2, 1957, pp 378-381

With L Bjerrum, ‘A contribution to the settlement analysis of foundations of clay’, Géotechnique, vol 7, 1957, pp 168-178

‘Canals and river navigations before 1750’, from History of Technology, vol 3, Oxford, 1957, pp 438-470

‘Arthur Langry Bell (1874-1956) and his contribution to soil mechanics’, Géotechnique, vol 8, 1958, pp 143-157

‘Evaluation of the steel-frame building ‘, The Guilds’ Engineer, vol 10, 1959, pp 37-51

‘Cast in-situ bored piles in London clay’, Géotechnique, vol 9, 1959, pp 153-173

+ articles, etc not included:

‘Un pionnier de la mecanique des sols. Alexandre Collin (1808-90)’, Annales des Ponts et Chaussees, vol 126, pp 317-340

‘Partial separation in clays’, Géotechnique, vol 6, 1956, pp 193-194

‘Master builder of bridge and road’, The Times, 20 July 1957

‘The elastic heave of the bottom of an excavation’, Géotechnique, vol 9, 1959, pp 145-146

‘Effective stress in soils, concrete and rocks’, from Pore Pressure and Suction in Soils, 1960, pp 4-16

With D J Henkel, ‘Field observations on pore pressures in London clay’, Pore Pressure and Suction in Soils, 1960, pp 81-84

‘Terzaghi’s discovery of effective stress’, from L Bjerrum et al (eds), From Theory to Practice in Soil Mechanics, 1960, pp 42-53

‘The pore pressure coefficient in saturated soils’, Géotechnique, vol 10, 1960, pp 186-187

‘The Boat Store, Sheerness (1858-60) and its Place in Structural History’, Transactions of the Newcomen Society, vol XXXII, 1959-60, pp 57-78

With E de Maré, ‘The Sheerness Boat Store’, Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, vol 68, 1961, pp 318-324

‘Horizontal stresses in an over-consolidated Eocene clay’, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, vol 1, 1961, pp 351-357

With J D Brown, ‘A landslide in boulder clay at Selset, Yorkshire’, Géotechnique, vol 11, 1961, pp 280-293

With H R Johnson, ‘The first iron frames’, Architectural Review, vol 131, 1962, pp 175-186

‘Portland cements 1843-1887’, Transactions of the Newcomen Society, vol XXXV, 1962-63, pp 117-152

With Pierre Cattin, ‘A full-scale alluvial grouting test at the site of Mangla Dam’, from Grouts and Drilling Muds in Engineering Practice, 1963, pp 131-135

With V A Sowa, ‘The behaviour of saturated clays during sampling and testing, Géotechique, vol 13, Dec 1963, pp 269-290

With D J Henkel, J L Knill & D G Lloyd, ‘Stability of the foundations of Monar Dam’
Transactions of the 8th international congress on large dams, Edinburgh, vol 1, 1964, pp 425-441

‘Long-term stability of clay slopes’ [Rankine Lecture 1964], Géotechnique, vol 14, no 2, pp 75-102

+ articles, etc not included:

Presidential address, 5th international conference on soil mechanics, Paris, 1960, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, vol 3, 1960, pp 39-42

Discussion on stability of slopes, same occasion, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, vol 3, 1960, pp 349-350

With Pierre Larochelle, ‘The Bradwell Slip: a short-term failure in London clay’, Géotechnique, vol 15, no 13, 1965, pp 221-242

‘Bedding-plane slip, residual strength and the Vaiont landslide’, Géotechnique, vol 16, 1966, pp 82-84

‘Some observations on tectonic shear zones’, Proceedings of the 1st Congress of the International Society of Rock Mechanics, vol 1, 1966, pp 329-335

‘Large bored piles: summing up’, Proceedings of the Symposium on Large Bored Piles (Institution of Civil Engineers), 1966, pp 155-157

With G M Binnie & J F F Clark, ‘The effect of discontinuities in clay bedrock on the design of dams in the Mangla project’, Commission Internationale des Grands Barrages, Istanbul, 1967, pp 165-183

With D J Petley, ‘The Strength along Structural Discontinuities in Stiff Clays’, Proceedings of the Geotechnical Conference, Oslo, 1967, vol II, 1968, pp 3-20

‘Geology of the Mangla Dam Project’ (Discussion on paper by G M Binnie et al), Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, vol 41, 1968, pp 133-137

With R L Schuster & D J Petley, ‘Joints and fissures in the London clay at Wraysbury and Edgware’, Géotechnique, vol 19, June 1969, pp 205-217

‘The consolidation of clays by gravitational compaction’, Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, vol 125, Apr 1970, pp 373-412

‘First-time slides in over-consolidated clays’, Géotechnique, vol 20, Sept 1970, pp 1-5

With D J Petley, ‘Ignition loss and other properties of peats and clays from Avonmouth, King’s Lynn and Cranberry Moss’, Géotechnique, vol 20, no 4, Dec 1970, pp 343-356

‘Alfred John Sutton Pippard 1891-1969’, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of The Royal Society, vol 16, Nov 1970, pp 463-478

+ articles, etc not included:

‘Discussion on relevance of laboratory tests to slope stability problems’, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, vol 3, 1965, pp 278-280

‘Discussion on creep in clay slopes’, ibid, pp 551-552

‘General report on stability of slopes and embankment foundations, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, vol 3, 1969, pp 151-155

With L F Cooling & A L Little (eds), A Century of Soil Mechanics, Institution of Civil Engineers, 1969

‘The Smeatonians. Duo-centenary notes of the Society of Civil Engineers 1771-1971’, London, 1971

‘The publication of Smeaton’s reports’, Notes & Records of The Royal Society, vol 26, no 2, Dec 1971, pp 135-155

‘The Albion Mill foundations’, Géotechnique, vol 21, 1971, pp 203-210

‘Samuel Wyatt and the Albion Mill’, Architectural History, vol xiv, 1971, pp 53-73

With Esther Clark Wright, ‘Early members of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers’, Transactions of the Newcomen Society, vol XLIV, 1971-72, pp 23-47

With K B Early, ‘Investigations of the Landslide at Walton’s Wood, Staffordshire’, The Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology, vol 5, nos 1 & 2, 1972, pp 19-41

With Joyce Brown, ‘John and Edward Troughton, mathematical instrument makers’, Notes & Records of The Royal Society, vol 27, no 2, Feb 1973, pp 233-262

‘William Chapman (1749-1832), civil engineer’ [11th Dickinson Memorial Lecture], Transactions of the Newcomen Society, vol 46, 1973-74, pp 45-82

With R J Chandler, ‘The design of permanent cutting slopes in stiff fissured clays’, Géotechnique, vol 24, no 4, 1974, pp 457-466

‘Notes on the origins and early years of the British Geotechnical Society’, Géotechnique, vol 25, 1975, pp 635-646

‘A history of the steam dredger, 1797-1830’ Transactions of the Newcomen Society, vol 47, 1974-76, pp 97-116

‘Valley slopes – Introductory remarks’, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, series A, vol 283, 1976, pp 423-426

With A G Weeks, ‘The Quaternary history of the Lower Greensand escarpment and Weald Clay near Sevenoaks, Kent’, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, series A, vol 283, 1976, pp 493-526

With R J Chandler & G A Kellaway, ‘Valley slope sections in Jurassic strata near Bath, Somerset’, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, series A, vol 283, 1976, pp 527-556

‘The Rolt Memorial Lecture, 1975. The engineers of Sunderland Harbour, 1718-1817’, Industrial Archaeology Review, vol 1, no 2, Spring 1977, pp 103-125

‘Dr Leonard Frank Cooling 1903-1977, Géotechique, 27, no 2, June 1977, pp 265-270

‘Slope Stability of Cuttings in Brown London Clay’ Ninth international conference on soil mechanics and foundation engineering, Tokyo, July 1977, pp 261-270

With A Andrews, ‘Cast Iron Edge-Rails at Walker Colliery 1798’, Transactions of the Newcomen Society, vol 48, 1976-77, pp 119-122

‘Landmarks in early soil mechanics’, Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, vol 5, 1981, pp 1-26

‘Engineering in the Port of London, 1789-1808’, Transactions of the Newcomen Society, vol 50, 1978-79, pp 87-108

‘Engineering in the Port of London, 1808-1834’, Transactions of the Newcomen Society, vol 53, 1981-82, pp 73-96

+ articles, etc not included:

Early Printed Reports and Maps in the Library of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1977

With C Hadfield, William Jessop, engineer, Newton Abbot, 1979

‘Telford and the design for a new London bridge’, from Thomas Telford, Engineer, edited by A Penfold, 1980, pp 62-83

A bibliographical catalogue of the collection of works on soil mechanics 1764-1950

John Smeaton, FRS (edited by Skempton), 1981

‘The Engineering Works of John Grundy (1719-1783)’, Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, vol 19, 1985, pp 65-82

‘Engineering on the Thames Navigation, 1770-1845’, Transactions of the Newcomen Society, vol 55, 1983-84, pp 153-176

‘Residual strength of clays in landslides, folded strata and the laboratory’, Géotechnique, vol 35, no 1, 1985, pp 1, 3-18

With D J Coats, ‘Carsington dam failure’, Symposium on Failure in Earthworks, Institution of Civil Engineers, Golden Jubilee volume, 1985, pp 203-220

‘A history of soil properties, 171-1927’, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, 1985, pp 95-121

‘Geotechnical aspects of the Carsington dam failure’ Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, vol 5, 1985, pp 2581-2591

‘Standard penetration test procedures and the effects in sands of overburden pressure, relative density, particle size, ageing and overconsolidation’, Géotechique, vol 36, 1986, pp 425-447

With A D Leadbeater & R J Chandler, ‘The Mam Tor landslide, north Derbyshire’, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, series A, vol 329, 1989, pp 503-547

‘Historical development of British embankment dams to 1960’, Proceedings of the Conference on Clay Barriers for Embankment Dams, 1990, pp 15-52

With D Norbury, D J Petley & T W Spink, ‘Solifluction shears at Carsington, Derbyshire’, Quaternary Engineering Geology, Geological Society Engineering Geology Special Plan, no 7, 1991, pp 381-387

+ articles, etc not included:

Selected Papers on Soil Mechanics, 1984

‘Engineering on the English river navigations to 1760’, from Canals: a New Look, edited by M Baldwin & A Burton, Chichester, 1984, pp 23-44

British Civil Engineering 1640-1840. A Bibliography of Contemporary Printed Reports, Plans and Books, 1987

Obituary of Rudolph Glossop (1902-93), Géotechique, 43, no 4, pp 623-25; with M M Chrimes, ‘Thames Tunnel: geology, site investigation and geotechnical problems, Géotechnique, 44, no 2, pp 191-216, 1994; with J M Brogan, ‘Experiments on piping in sandy gravels’, Géotechnique, 44, no 3, pp 449-460, 1994; with J M Brogan, ‘Experiments on piping in sandy gravels’, Géotechnique, 45, no 3, pp 565-567, 1995; with P R Vaughan, ‘The failure of Carsington Dam’, Géotechnique, 43, no 1, pp 151-173, 1993; with P R Vaughan, ‘The failure of Carsington Dam’, Géotechnique, 44, no 4, pp 719-739, 1994; ‘Embankments and Cuttings on the early Railways’, Construction History, vol 11, 1996, pp 33-49; ‘West Tilbury Marsh’ in D R Bridgland. P Allen & B A Haggart, The Quaternary of the lower reaches of the Thames (1995), pp323-328 [obviously intended as volume X of Collected Papers, but never bound together]

Golden Jubilee volume, with citation presented to Skempton at the end of his office as President and in recognition of his services during period 1957-61, no date