HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., and 43, PICCADILLY, W. 755 



15050 STEVENSON (Alan, m.i.c.k, f.r.s.e. ; iinch of R. L. S.) Account of the Skerryvore 

 Lighthouse, with Notes on the Illumination of Lighthouses, with 33 steel plates, 117 wood- 

 cuts and diagrams, and folding map, impL 4to. cl., with author's inscr., I2s (p. £3. 3s) Edin., 1848 



The third of the great triplet of early lighthouses which fascinated our youthful imagination— the Eddystone, the Bell 

 Rock, and the Skerryvore, and in the wildest situation of them ail. 



' It still remains a standard book ... He designed and carried out ten lighthouses, including Skerryvore lighthouse 

 tower, the finest example for mass, combined with elegance of outline, of any extant rock tower. This tower, which is 

 exposed to the full fetch of the Atlantic, is built on a rock 14 miles from the nearest land, the island of Tyree. The work 

 was begun in 1838, but a storm swept away the temporary barrack, and another had to be erected in its place. The 

 foundations of the tower involved the excavation of 2000 tons of material. . . . The tower rises to a height of 138 ft., is 

 42 ft. in diameter at the base, gradually decreasing to 16 ft. at the top.'— D. N. B. 



15051 Extracts from Reports on the New Dioptric Light of Inchkeith, to a Committee 



of the Commissioners af Northern Lights, appointed to consider the Subject of Illumination by 

 means of Lenses, 4to. (pp. 7), unbound, toith MS. note by George Bennie, F.R S., 2s Qd ibidem, 1835 



15052 Letters to the Author of an Article on the 'British Light-House System', in Number 



CXV of the Edinburgh Review, with 2 diagrams, 8vo. (pp. 32), sewn, 3s ib., 1833 



15053 Another Copy, together with: Memorial and Statement relative to the Light- 

 Houses erected on the Northern Parts of Gt. Britain ; and relative to a Proposal for Erecting a 

 Light-House on the Bell or [Inch] Cape Rock (pp. .38), ib., 1803: Brown (Capt. Sir Samuel, R.N.) 

 Description of a Bronze Columnal Light House, with References to a Model of one-fourth the full 

 Size, designed for the Wolf Rock, situate between the Island of Scilly and the Land's-End, or the 

 Skerry Vore, on the West Coast of Scotland, which may be adapted for various other Insulated 

 Rocks, etc. etc., with Observations on the Principle and Construction of the present Marine Light 



Houses (pp. 15). with author's inscr. to George Rennie, F.R.S., Brighton, 1835 : 



Revised Edition, with 3 plates (pp. 25), Edin., 1835— in 1 vol. 8vo. hf calf, with inscr. * Froin the 

 Author ' on first work, \0s 6d 1803-35 



15054 Report to the Committee of Commissioners of Northern Lights, appointed to take 



into Consideration the Subject of Illuminating the Lighthouses by Means of Lenses, with 6 

 plates {4 folding), 4to. hf. roan. Is Qd privately printed, Edin., 1835 



15055 Another Copy, with Extracts from Reports on the New Dioptric Light of Inch- 

 keith, to the Commissioners of Northern Lights (pp. 7) — 2 vols. 4to. in 1, hf. roan {back damaged), 

 with author's inscr., 10* 6rf 



a description of the optical apparatus afterwards adopted for the Skerryvore Lighthouse. It was ' dioptric revolving, 

 the most complete apparatus which had hitherto been constructed. . . . Instead of Fresnel silvered mirrors below the 

 lenses Stevenson designed prismatic rings, which were introduced for the first time in this apparatus. ... He intro- 

 duced prismatic rings above and below the central belts, thus securing equal distribution of light all round, and extending 

 dioptric action throughout the whole height of the apparatus. He also suggested the spherical mirrors placed on the 

 landward arcs of dioptric apparatus,'— D. N. B. 



15056 Rudimentary Treatise on the History, Construction, and Illumination of 



Lighthouses, with 13 plates, and 104 woodcuts: Wijf gins (John) The Practice of Embanking 

 Lands from the Sea, treated as a Means of Profitable Employment of Capital, with diagrams — 

 2 vols. fcap. 8vo. in 1, hf. morocco {o.p.), 5s 1850-2 



15057 STEVENSON (David, m.i.c.e., f.r.s.e., uncle ofE. L. S.) Canal and River Engineering, 

 being the Article ' Inland Navigation ' from the eighth Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica,' 

 with 2 folding plans and 2A woodcuts, large post 8vo. cl., with author's inscr., Zs Qd Edin., 1858 



15058 The Principles and Practice of Canal and River Engineering, second Edition 



[greatly enlarged], with 16 plates (4 folding), and 66 woodcuts, roy. 8vo. cl. [cover slightly 

 damaged). Is 6d ibidem, 1872 



An enlargement of the author's ' Remarks ou the Improvement of Tidal Rivers' (q. v. infra). The first edition was 

 published as ' Canal and River Engineering ' (q. v. supra). 



15059 On the Reclamation and Protection of Agricultural Land, ivith 12 woodcuts, 



large cr. 8vo. cl., with author's inscr., 2s 6d ib., 1874 



15060 Remarks on the Improvement of Tidal Rivers, with 2 plates (1 folding), roy. 8vo. 



boards {scarce), 6s Qd 1845 



15061 Another Copy, cl., with author's inscr., Is 6d 



' Describing the works specially necessary for the improvement of the three parts, sea proper, tidal, and river proper, 

 into which he showed that rivers must be divided.'— 1>.^. B. 



15062 Sketch of the Civil Engineering of North America ; comprising Remarks on the 



Harbours, River and Lake Navigation, Lighthouses, Steam -Navigation, Water- Works, Canals, 

 Roads, Railways, Bridges, and other Works in that Country, with 14 steel plates {5 folding), folding 

 map, and 32 woodcuts, 8vo. cl. {cover slightly damaged), 4.9 Qd 1838 



' A highly instructive and valuable volume.'— JI/cC«/ioc/i's Literature of Political Economy. 



15063 Treatise on the Application of Marine Surveying andHYDROMETRYto the Practice 



of Civil Engineering, m^A 13 ^/a<e5 {I folding), coloured folding map, and 16 woodcuts and 

 diagrams, roy. 8vo. cl. {back slightly damaged). Is 6d Edin., 1842 



'While a pupil [with a firm of millwrights] he conducted extensive land and marine surveys, in the almost entire 

 absence of trustworthy charts and maps, and made tidal and other hydrometric observations for lighthouses, piers, 

 harbours, docks, and for river and estuarial improvements. His results he published in 'The Application of Marine 

 Surveying,' etc. (1S42), the fin-Jt book of its kind.'— D. N. B. 



15064 ( and Thomas) Reply to Sir David Brewster's Memorial to the Lords Com- 

 missioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, on the New System of Dioptric Lights, 8vo. (pp. 23), 

 sewn, 3s 6d ib., 1859 



15065 Another Copy, with the Appendix (pp. 12), 2 vols. Hvo. seivn, 5s ib., 1859-60 



An answer to ' gross misrepresentations made by S'r David Brewster, and to his alleged claim of being the inventor of 

 the polyzonal lens, and its application to lighthouses.' 



