JOURNALS of Charles Blacker Vignoles, F.R.S., civil engineer, during the projection and development of the various railways and other engineering works at home and abroad with which he was connected; 1834-1862. They were extensively used by his son, Rev. Olynthus John Vignoles, in the compilation of his Life of C. B. Vignoles, 1889. Nine volumes. Paper. Quarto and (vol. ix.) Folio. Presented by Rev. Olynthus John Vignoles, M.A.
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Charles Blacker Vignoles, engineer: Journals: 1830-1862.
Vol. IX.. (ff. 56). Contains:-(a) Letters from C. B. Vignoles to his son Charles, 25 Jan. 1836 (f. 4), from William Fairbairn, F.R.S., to C. B. Vignoles, 18 May, 1838 (f. 7), and from others whose names are given in the index;-(b) Accounts of Vignoles, when a lieutenant quartered at Edinburgh, 1...