15254. Leslie, Jean and Paxton Roland. Bright Lights: The Stevenson Engineers 1752-1971. Edinburgh. 1999.
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15254. Leslie, Jean and Paxton Roland. Bright Lights: The Stevenson Engineers 1752-1971. Edinburgh. 1999.
15254. Leslie, Jean and Paxton Roland. Bright Lights: The Stevenson Engineers 1752-1971. Edinburgh. 1999. 208p. DJ. SIGNED by both authors on title page and dated 18-V-99. The Stevensons were a remarkable engineering family and this book, which emerged from a 1994 symposium held in Edinburgh, consists of family recollections and assessment of the professional aspects and achievements. Includes family recollections by Jean Leslie, grand-daughter of Charles Stevenson and professional comment on engineering aspects by Professor Roland Paxton. The Stevensons were Robert, Alan, Thomas, Charles and three Davids and for four generations all but one of the male Stevensons became engineers who specialised in lighthouses and marine works. The writer Robert Louis Stevenson, the only son of Thomas and grandson of Robert, was the exception. The authors clear up much confusion by telling the full story of the Stevenson engineering dynasty from 1752 to 1971. Also includes a chapter on Robert Louis Stevenson’s life as a reluctant trainee engineer and “his own account of the night stage-coach journey south after his uncongenial experiences working at Wick breakwater.”. Very well done account details the works by these noted engineers and the history behind them. 128 illustrations including 36 in color. Black cloth lettered and decorated in silver with good dj. Very difficult to find. (VG+). $84.