Notebook of Albert Beardsley Jessup for Professor Mansfield Merriman Construction Lecture

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Scope and Contents

Lecture 1. Timber. Page 1. Description of timber, its acquisition, uses, and techniques. Lecture 2. Stone. Page 7. Qualities of stone; weight and crushing strength; resistance: sandstone, limestone, granite, basalt, artificial stone.Lecture 3. Brick. Page 13. History and composition of brick, testing brick.Lecture 4. Cast Iron. Page 18. Detailed outline of making cast iron, malleability, rusting.Lecture 5. Wrought Iron. Page 24. Wrought iron production, quality tests, uses.Lecture 6. Steel. Page 30. Processes of steel manufacture, steel tests, unannealed, annealed. Lecture 7. Brick and Stone Masonry. Page 35. Types of bonds: english, flemish, range work, broken range, random range.Lecture 8. Timber Construction. Page 40. Types of joints: mortise and tenon, crossing, dove-tailed, fish, scarf.Lecture 9. Road Engineering. Page 45. Roman history. Road in history. Lecture 10. Broken Stone Pavements. Page 49. Paving methods, qualities.Lecture 11. Location Grade and Drainage of Roads. Page 54. Mapping, force of traction, inclined planes.Lecture 12. Stone Pavements. Page 58. Cobblestone, Belgian pavement, granite sandstone, cost.Lecture 13. Brick Pavements. Page 62. Brick production, forms.Lecture 14. Asphalt Pavement. Page 65. Heavy petroleum oils, mineral tar, asphaltum, asphalt rock.Lecture 15. Wood Pavements - Sidewalks. Page 69. Methods of placement, sheet pavements.Lecture 16. Early History of Railroads. Page 74. James Watt, George Stephenson, Stockbridge and Darlington, Delaware Hudson canal, Peter Cooper.Lecture 17. The New Hokendauqua Bridge. Page 77. Building plan, cost, structure, Timothy Palmer, Truss bracing. Lecture 18. Styles of Architecture. Page 82. Egyptian architecture, Greek architecture, doric, ionic, corinthian, Roman architecture, tuscan, gothic.Lecture 19. Pyramids. Page 88. History, classification, Cairo. Lecture 20. Obelisks. Page 92. History, Egypt, Rome, New York obelisk, Vatican obelisk.Lecture 21. Miscellaneous Material. Page 95. Hydraulic cements, mortar, concrete, alloy, phosphor bronze, aluminum.

Dates

Creation: 1895-06

Creator

From the Collection: Jessup, Albert Beardsley (Person)

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Access Restrictions

Access Restrictions:Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.25 Linear Feet (1 book, .25 linear feet) : Front cover is of black pebbly surfaced leather with brown smooth leather corners and spine trimmed in gold. Inside the cover is a Lehigh University Library bookplate that indicates the book is a donation in memory of Albert Beardsley Jessup. On the title page in pencil it reads: “Lectures. Construction by Prof. Merriman” and it is stamped in red ink with the property mark of Lehigh University Library June 17 1942.