INDIA AND INDIAN ENGINEERING.

THREE LECTURES

DELIVERED

AT THE ROYAL ENGINEER INSTITUTE, CHATHAM,

In JULY, 1872.

BY
JULIUS GEORGE MEDLEY,

LIEUT.-COLONEL, ROYAL ENGINEERS; ASSOC. INST. C.E.;
FELLOW OF THE CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY;
PRINCIPAL, THOMASON CIVIL ENGINEERING COLLEGE, ROORKEE.

LONDON:
E. & F. N. SPON, 48, CHARING CROSS.
NEW YORK:
446, BROOME STREET.
1873.

LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARINGCROSS.

SYLLABUS OF LECTURES.

India—its area—physical features—climate—scenery. ThePeople—Bengalees—languages—Hindooism—caste—conservatism of theEast—the Mahomedans—Sikhs—Parsees. The English in India—theirdifficulties—the Anglo-Indian career—the mutiny—Christianity inIndia—arts and manufactures—general character of the people.Anglo-Indian life—in the station—in tents—cost ofliving—society in India—travelling—a tour in India.

The Indian Government—the Public Works Department. Roorkee—theThomason College—the Sappers and Miners—the workshops—careerof a Royal Engineer—military engineering—miscellaneous dutiesof the Indian engineer—financial aspects of the Public WorksDepartment—overseers—native subordinates—workmen.

Building materials—stone—bricks—tiles—limes—timber—iron—wagesand rates—weights and measures—absenceiv of plant—water-raisingmachines—carts. Foundations—well-cylinders—Indian rivers.

Barracks—difficulties of ventilating andcooling—private houses—churches—other buildings.Bridges—temporary—permanent—waterway.Roads—metalling—hill roads. Railways—variouslines—the permanent way—traffic arrangements. IrrigationWorks—their importance—the Ganges Canal—crops and soils—designof canals—the head—velocity of stream—falls and rapids—drainageworks—irrigation details—Madras weirs—tanks. RiverWorks—inundations—spurs.

Indian Survey Department—the Great Trigonometricalsurvey—Topographical survey—Revenue survey.