Tunneling: A Practical Treatise.

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PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION

CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTORY The Historical Development of

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF TUNNEL BUILDING.

CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS. CHOICE BETWEEN A TUNNEL

CHAPTER II. METHODS OF DETERMINING THE CENTER LINE AND FORMS

CHAPTER III. EXCAVATING MACHINES AND ROCK DRILLS: EXPLOSIVES AND BLASTING. Earth-Excavating Machines.

CHAPTER IV. GENERAL METHODS OF EXCAVATION: SHAFTS: CLASSIFICATION OF TUNNELS.

CHAPTER V. METHODS OF TIMBERING OR STRUTTING TUNNELS.

CHAPTER VI. METHODS OF HAULING IN TUNNELS.

CHAPTER VII. TYPES OF CENTERS AND MOLDS EMPLOYED IN CONSTRUCTING TUNNEL LININGS OF MASONRY.

CHAPTER VIII. METHODS OF LINING TUNNELS.

CHAPTER IX. TUNNELS THROUGH HARD ROCK; GENERAL DISCUSSION;

CHAPTER X. TUNNELS THROUGH HARD ROCK (Continued). EXCAVATION BY

CHAPTER XI. TUNNELS THROUGH HARD ROCK (Continued). EXCAVATION

CHAPTER XII. EXCAVATING TUNNELS THROUGH SOFT GROUND; GENERAL

CHAPTER XIII. THE GERMAN METHOD EXCAVATING TUNNELS THROUGH

CHAPTER XIV. THE FULL SECTION METHOD OF TUNNELING: ENGLISH

CHAPTER XV. SPECIAL TREACHEROUS GROUND METHOD; ITALIAN METHOD;

CHAPTER XVI. OPEN-CUT TUNNELING METHODS; TUNNELS UNDER CITY

CHAPTER XVII. SUBMARINE TUNNELING: GENERAL DISCUSSION. THE SEVERN TUNNEL. GENERAL DISCUSSION.

CHAPTER XVIII. SUBMARINE TUNNELING (Continued); THE COMPRESSED

CHAPTER XIX. SUBMARINE TUNNELING (Continued). THE SHIELD SYSTEM. Historical Introduction.

CHAPTER XX. SUBMARINE TUNNELING (Continued). THE SHIELD AND

CHAPTER XXI. SUBMARINE TUNNELING (Continued); TUNNELS AT VERY

CHAPTER XXII. ACCIDENTS AND REPAIRS IN TUNNELS DURING AND AFTER CONSTRUCTION.

CHAPTER XXIII. RELINING TIMBER-LINED TUNNELS WITH MASONRY.

CHAPTER XXIV. THE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING OF TUNNELS DURING CONSTRUCTION. VENTILATION.

CHAPTER XXV. THE COST OF TUNNEL EXCAVATION AND THE TIME REQUIRED FOR THE WORK. Cost.

INDEX

Transcriber's Notes

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TUNNELING:
A PRACTICAL TREATISE

BY
CHARLES PRELINI, C. E.

AUTHOR OF “EARTH AND ROCK EXCAVATION,” “DREDGES AND DREDGING,”
“EARTH SLOPES, RETAINING WALLS AND DAMS,” ETC. PROFESSOR
OF CIVIL ENGINEERING IN MANHATTAN COLLEGE,
NEW YORK

167 ILLUSTRATIONS

SIXTH EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED

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