704 HENRY SOTHEKAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 43, PICCADILLY, W. 



14037 RENNTE (Qeorge, C.E., F.R.S.) NOTES on NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, taken from MR. [JOHN 

 PLAYFAIR'S Class, during the Winter Session at Edinburgh, 1807-8, a neatly written Manu- 

 script on ISOpag-es, with numerous illustrations in ink and sepia, sin. 8vo. hf. bound, 2. 2* [1808] 



An interesting volume written at the age of seventeen when George Rennie was a student at Edinburgh University. 



14038 - PRIVATE CASH BOOKS from 1829 to 1849 : -- ( WINTERSHALL ACCOUNT), from 

 Aug. 1831 to March 1835: BANKER'S CHEQUE BOOK, from Jan. 1848 to Jan. 1851, Manuscripts 

 -5 vols. 8vo. and cr. 4to. in various bindings, 1. 1* 1829-51 



14039 - PRIVATE NOTE BOOK, from Jan. 1st, 1815 to Dec. Hist, 1816, a Manuscript, post 8vo. 

 leather, 12s 1815-16 



Interesting as giving an insight into the mind of the great engineer at the age of -24 and 2'j. An entry under July G, 

 isi.j, mentions the Battle of Waterloo and the Occupation of Paris by the Allies. 



14040 - SKETCH and MEMORANDUM BOOK on ENGINEERING MATTERS, a Manuscript in his 

 handwriting, and full of original sketches and drawings, oblong 12mo. leather (joints 

 cracked), 1. 5$ 1825-41 



14041 - SPECIFICATION of a DOCK with a SEA ENTRANCE, STOP GATES, etc., proposed to be 

 constructed for the LLANGENNECH COAL Co. at LLANELLY, a Manuscript on 14 pp. of paper 

 (P. 11 signed: George Rennie, and dated : Stamford Street, 27 March 1829), folio, sewn, 1. 5* 1829 



144 42 - WORK mainly in Connexion with NAVAL ENGINEERING, executed by MESSRS. J. & G. 

 RENNIE and (afterwards) G. RENNIE .V SONS, a very interesting Manuscript Collection of 

 Copies of Original Documents and Correspondence, with numerous DRAWINGS, SKETCHES, 

 NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS, etc., relating to the Firm's Dealings all over the World, thick folio, russia, 

 3. 3* 1818-59 



14043 RENNIE (James, King's Coll., London) ALPHABET of SCIENTIFIC CHEMISTRY for the Use of 

 Beginners; new Edition, much improved, with vignette of John Dalton, F.R.S., and numerous 

 other u-oodcuts, 12mo. cL, 2s 6d 1834 



Unknown to the author's biographer in D. N. 11. 



14044 RENNIE (John, C.E., F.R.S. ; engineer of Waterloo and London Bridges and of the Plymouth 

 Breakwater ; father of George and Sir John Rennie): ABERDEENSHIRE CANAL and HARBOUR, 

 REPORTS and SPECIFICATIONS concerning the, by JOHN SMEATON, F.R.S. and JOHN RENNIE : 

 neatly written MS. on 118 pp., with a few MS. additions and an Estimate in the hand- 

 writing of John Rennie, folio, hf. bound, 1. Is 1770-1802 



14045 [ ]: INTERESTING PARTICULARS relative to that Great National Undertaking, the BREAK- 

 WATER, now constructing in PLYMOUTH SOUND, with coloured front, and 2 maps, 8vo. (pp. 34), 

 sewn (scarce), 8s Qd Devon: Plymouth Dock [Devonport], and Stonehouse [1820] 



Including the Report of John Rennie and Joseph Whibley'. 



Plymouth Breakwater was the greatest engineering work undertaken by John Rennie. ' It consisted of a wall a 

 mile in length across the Sound, in deep water, and containing 3,670,444 tons of rough stone, besides 22,149 cubic yards of 

 masonry on the surface' (D. N. B.). It was begun in 1811 and finished in 1S4S by his son, Sir John Rennie. and has 

 outlived every storm from then till now. 



L404H - , NEW SHOREHAM HARBOUR : the Report of, 8vo. (pp. 22), sewn, 4s 1810 



The present Shoreham Harbour, the port of Brighton. 



14047 --- LECTURE NOTES, and COPIES of MEMOIRS : very neatly written Manuscript on 

 225 pp., with full-page illustrations, 4to. hf. bound, 4. 4s 1782 



This very interesting manuscript, according to MS. note in the work, ' was written by John Rennie when a student at 

 Edinburgh, 178.'.' The memoirs include : Theorems for Computing Logarithms, by J. Hellins : Description and Use of a 

 Portable Wind Gage, by James Lind: Researches on the Equilibrium of Arches, by the Abbe Bossut: Experimental 

 Examination of the Quantity and Proportion of Mechanic Power in giving different Degrees of Velocity to Heavy Bodies, 

 by John Smeaton : New Fundamental Experiments on the Collision of Bodies, by the same : On the Centering and 

 Decentering of Bridges, by M. Perronet. 



14(H8 - - REPORT to the SUBSCRIBERS to a CANAL from ARUNDEL to PORTSMOUTH, etc. etc., a-ith 

 folding plate, and 16 pp. of neatly written MS., and sketch, both by the author, added, 



4to. (pp. 15), sewn, 1. 10* Portsmouth, 1816 



This includes the Chichester Canal, now dried up. but memorable for ever as providing one of the most beautiful 

 painting* of TUKNBR. The MS. consists of a copy of ' The Causes of the Opposition of the Committee of Navigation of the 



< itv of London to the Erection of Pound Locks and Weirs ', by Frederick Page (1795), evidently written by John Rennie, 

 with some critical remarks on margin by him. 



14049 - REPORT, PLAN, and ESTIMATE of an entire NEW HARBOUR (the Piers of Stone) proposed to 

 be constructed at the Port of Rmvi,iHGTON,YoYlLS,., with folding plan, 4to. (pp. 8), sewn, 4s Leeds, 1816 



14050 - , REPORT by, on a SURVEY and PLAN of a CANAL from the RIVER CLYDE at Glasgow, to 

 the West Coast of the COUNTY of AIR, at, or near the Harbour of SALTCOATS, by JOHN AINSLIE 

 [with ADDITIONAL REPORT], 4to. (pp. 10), sewn ( plan wanting), 5s Air, 1804 



14051 - REPORT on the intended CANAL from CROYDON to ROTHERHITHE ; with folding map of 

 Whitehaven Harbour, Cumberland, and 3 pp. of Manuscript, with Sketch, by Sir John 

 Rennie, added, folio (pp. 8), sewn. 12s [1800J 



14052 - REPORT concerning the different LINES surveyed by Messrs. JOHN AINSLIE and ROBERT 

 WHITWORTH, Jun. for a CANAL proposed to be made between EDINBURGH and GLASGOW, and 

 intended to communicate with the Frith of Forth at Leith, and the River Clyde at the Broomie 

 Law ; with an Account of a Running Level, taken for a New Line by Linlithgow and Falkirk, 

 with veru large folding man, 4to. (pp. 12), sewn, with numerous MS. notes by George 

 Rennie,' 10* Qd 1797 



14i53 _ - REPORT of a SURVEY of the RIVER THAMES, between READING and ISLEWORTH, and 

 of several Lines of Canals projected to be made between those Places, with Observations on their 

 comparative Eligibility, 8vo. (pp. 55), sewn (plan wanting), 5s 1794 



14054 - REPOL.T and ESTIMATE of the GRAND SOUTHERN CANAL, proposed to be made between 

 TUNBRIDGE and PORTSMOUTH, by Means of which and the River Medway, an Inland Navigation 

 will be opened between the River THAMES and PORTSMOUTH, sm. folio (pp. 12), unbound, 5s 1810 



