Series 17 - Unbound typescripts


ProvenanceSir Alec Skempton
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Typescript of A W Skempton, ‘Geotechnical Aspects of the Carsington Dam Failure’, for vol 5 of the proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, San Francisco
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Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN40
Date range 1985
Proof of biographical dictionary of engineers, in two spiral-bound volumes
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Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN32
Date range No date
Typescript of introduction to ‘A biographical dictionary of civil engineers in Great Britain and Ireland: volume 1- 1500-1830’
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Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN33
Date range No date
Copy of Skempton, ‘Discussion of the structure of inorganic soil proceedings - separate no 315’, Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol 80, pp 478-19/22
Unbound typescripts
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN34
Date range 1954
Typescript draft of Skempton, S W Smotrych, F A Hibbert & J R Haynes, Holocene Stratigraphy and Sea-level Changes near Avonmouth, Gloucestershire
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Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN35
Date range No date [post 1969]
Typescript by Skempton, ‘A note on first-time slides in overcrowded clays’
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Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN36
Date range No date [1970]
Folder of notes, etc relating to Skempton’s article, Landmarks in early soil mechanics, with covering letter, entitled ‘Brighton paper - odd articles not used’
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Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN37
Date range c. Mar 1981
Typescript of chapters 1, 2 & 5 of Skempton, Origins of modern structure
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Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN31
Date range No date
Typescript of special lecture, ‘Residual strength of clays in landslides, folded strata and the laboratory’, given by Skempton to British Geotechnical Society
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Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN39
Date range 6 June 1984
D R Bridgland, D Q Bowen & A W Skempton, ‘Quaternary stratigraphy and geochronology of the lower Thames terrace system’, with associated correspondence and typescript of introduction
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Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN48
Date range 1995
Copy typescript of Skempton, ‘A history of soil properties 1717-1927’ [pencil note by Skempton – ‘French title’]
Unbound typescripts
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN41
Date range No date
Skempton, ‘Historical development of British embankment dams to 1960’, paper for conference on clay barriers for embankment dams
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Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN42
Date range Oct 1989 - Apr 1990
A W Skempton & Jennifer M Brogan, ‘Experiments on piping in sandy gravels’, with loose inserts including correspondence with publishers
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Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN43
Date range c. Mar 1993 - c. Jan 1995
Typescript of Skempton, ‘Geology of the Thames Tunnel’, Aug 1993, with draft letter to ‘Tony’
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Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN44
Date range 12 Oct 1993
Ring binder containing Skempton & M M Chrimes, ‘Thames Tunnel: Geology, Site Investigation and Geotechnical Problems’
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Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN45
Date range No date [1994]
Folder containing article by Skempton, ‘Embankments and Cuttings on the early Railways’, nd, with three letters from Construction History
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Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN46
Date range June 1995 - Jan 1996
Article by Skempton (two slightly different versions), ‘West Tilbury marsh’, with correspondence
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Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN47
Date range c. Oct 1995 - c. Nov 1995
Folder of illustrations, etc, entitled ‘Brighton Paper’
Unbound typescripts
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN38
Date range No date [c 1981]

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