Robert Legget
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Canadian civil engineer, historian and non-fiction writer
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Robert Ferguson Legget was a civil engineer, historian and non-fiction writer. He is internationally known for his contributions to engineering, geology and building research and standardization. He is credited with the establishment of co-operation among Canadian geotechnical engineers, geologists and pedologists.
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- American Society for Testing and Materials (1964) (2880)
- Geology and engineering (1939) (76)
- Cities and geology (1973) (74)
- Discussion of Stability and Stiffness of Cellular Cofferdams by Karl Terzaghi (1945) (43)
- Noise Surveys of Cocktail Parties (1959) (40)
- Engineering geological maps: a guide to their preparation: Book Review (1978) (39)
- Glacial till : an inter-disciplinary study (1976) (25)
- Soil studies at Shipshaw, Quebec: 1941 and 1969 (1978) (23)
- Alluvial Fan Formation Near Aklavik, Northwest Territories, Canada (1966) (23)
- Engineering geology of southern Africa, Volume I (the first 2,000 years of geological time): Book review (1980) (21)
- Handbook of geology in civil engineering (1983) (21)
- The value of geology in planning (1987) (19)
- Urban Geology of Edmonton (1976) (17)
- Soils in Canada : geological, pedological, and engineering studies (1961) (16)
- Geology and Geotechnical Engineering (1979) (15)
- Ottawa Waterway: Gateway to a Continent (1975) (13)
- Soils in Canada (1962) (11)
- Soil Temperatures in Water Works Practice (1952) (10)
- Railways of Canada (1973) (8)
- An engineering study of glacial deposits at Steep Rock Lake, Ontario, Canada (1953) (7)
- An engineering study of glacial drift for an earth dam, near Fergus, Ontario (1942) (7)
- The Term ‘Soil’ (1953) (7)
- AN ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT (1959) (7)
- Permafrost Investigations in Canada (1961) (6)
- Glacial geology of Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick (1980) (6)
- Canals of Canada (1976) (6)
- Geology Under Cities (1982) (5)
- Engineering geology of southern Africa, Volume II (Rocks of 2,000 to 300 million years in age): Book review (1984) (5)
- Fiftieth Anniversary Volume: 1905-1955 (1955) (4)
- Foundation Performance of a 100-year-old Bridge (1973) (4)
- Engineering geology of southern Africa, Volume III (The Karoo Sequence), Volume IV (Post-Gondwana deposits): Book review (1987) (3)
- Standards in Canada (1971) (3)
- Geologic mapping for environmental purposes (1974) (3)
- Building in Northern Canada (1959) (3)
- The Jones Falls Dam on the Rideau Canal, Ontario, Canada (1957) (3)
- Duisburg Harbour Lowered by Controlled Coal Mining (1972) (3)
- A “Perched” Reservoir in Northern Ontario, Canada (1953) (3)
- What every city should do about geology - and its underground (1980) (3)
- SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATION FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF FOUNDATIONS OF BUILDINGS: PART I; PARTS III AND IV; AND APPENDICES A ANB B (1973) (2)
- Glacial Landforms and Civil Engineering (1982) (2)
- Engineering-Geological Maps for Urban Development (1974) (2)
- Soil: Its Geology and Use (1967) (2)
- Ottawa River canals and the defence of British North America (1988) (2)
- FAILURE OF PRESTRESSED CONCRETE PIPE AT REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN. (1962) (2)
- Performance Testing Standards for Building (1979) (2)
- London Docks 1800–1980 (1981) (2)
- Canadian Soil Penetration Tests of 1872 (1973) (2)
- Ice from different latitudes (1976) (1)
- Canadian Snow Conference (1948) (1)
- Clogging of Bituminous Coal in Bunkers (1947) (1)
- New Canadian Fire Research Laboratory (1959) (1)
- The Geological Society of America: Life History of a Learned Society (1982) (1)
- SNOW REMOVAL AND ICE CONTROL IN CITIES (1965) (1)
- Thomas Roy and his “Remarks on road-making” (1841) (1988) (1)
- Archival material and site investigations (1985) (1)
- SELECTING THE FOUNDATION. (1966) (1)
- Railroads of Canada (1973) (1)
- Vegetation indicators for terrain evaluation in a prairie environment: Discussion (1978) (1)
- Modern railroad structures (1949) (1)
- FOUNDATIONS OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE AT BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (1941) (1)
- Logan and landslides: 1842 (1979) (1)
- Energy, Geology and the Underground (1978) (1)
- The Seaway : in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Seaway and the 150th anniversary of the first Welland Canal, 1829, 1959, 1979 (1979) (0)
- Interdisciplinary Till Symposium (1975) (0)
- TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC POTENTIAL IN THE ARCTIC (1960) (0)
- Early Discoverers XXX: Early Ice Experiments at Davos J. C. Mcconnel (1860-1890) (1974) (0)
- Discussion of "Caisson Construction Problems and Correction in Chicago" (1971) (0)
- DISCUSSION. MERDEKA BRIDGE, SINGAPORE: INVESTIGATION, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION. (1959) (0)
- Quido Záruba — Engineering geologist (1974) (0)
- DISCUSSION. FLOODING IN THE EXE VALLEY, 1960. (1965) (0)
- Landslides and their control and Zosuvy v Slovenských Karpathoch: Book review (1987) (0)
- Archaeology from a Swiss test boring (1986) (0)
- John By Soldier and Administrator (1986) (0)
- History of Canadian Geology: The Bigsby Medal (1975) (0)
- History of Canadian Geology (1974) (0)
- Glacial till [book review] (1977) (0)
- The Canal in Ottawa Hog's Back to the Ottawa River (1986) (0)
- History of Canadian Geology: Thomas Roy (? - 1842) - An Early Engineer-Geologist (1976) (0)
- IMPROVED QUALITY OF CONCRETE MAY BE ANSWER TO WINTER SALT DAMAGE. (1960) (0)
- Field Geology in Colour (1978) (0)
- Dr. J. B. Auden Commemorative Volume (Symposium on the geological and engineering problems of river valley projects in India): Book review (1976) (0)
- Engineering Geology: What's Past is Prologue (1977) (0)
- APPENDIX B. The Superintending Engineers and (under Parks Canada) The Superintendents (1986) (0)
- Magnetic, physical, and lithologic properties and age of till exposed along the east coast of Lake Huron, Ontario: Reply (1977) (0)
- Principles of Engineering Geology and Geotechnics . Geology, soil, and rock mechanics, and other earth sciences used in civil engineering. Dimitri P. Krynine and William R. Judd. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1957. xiii + 730 pp. Illus. $10. (1958) (0)
- FIRE AND THE CIVIL ENGINEER (1971) (0)
- CORRSPONDENCE. A FOUNDATION FAILURE DUE TO CLAY SHRINKAGE CAUSED BY POPLAR TREES. (1954) (0)
- PRINCIPLES OF FOUNDATION DESIGN. (1966) (0)
- Commentary on Concrete (1959) (0)
- Urban geology Urban geology (1984) (0)
- Geology and engineering / Robert F. Legget, Allen W. Hatheway (1988) (0)
- Cruising the Canal Kingston to Chaffeys Lock (1986) (0)
- Why the Canal Was Built (1986) (0)
- Chalmers Jack Mackenzie, 10 July 1888 - 26 February 1984 (1985) (0)
- The Queen's Symposium: Trends in the Mineral Industry in the next Decade (1974) (0)
- WINTER CONSTRUCTION OF AN AUTOMATIC LOW-HEAD HYDRO-ELECTRIC PLANT IN CANADA. (INCLUDES PLATES AND APPENDIX). (0)
- Cruising the Rideau Lakes Chaffeys Lock to Poonamalie (1986) (0)
- Mather and landslides: 1838 (1981) (0)
- Discussion of Geology in Highway Engineering by Marshall T. Huntting (1945) (0)
- APPENDIX C. Information, Charts, and Maps (1986) (0)
- Reconstructing London's Underground: Book review (1975) (0)
- The Design of Research Laboratories. Part I: A General Assessment. Part II: Air Conditioning and Conditioned Rooms. (1966) (0)
- Canadian railways in pictures (1977) (0)
- APPENDIX E. Table of Mileages, Lifts, and Clearances (1986) (0)
- Discussion of Fundamental Aspects of the Depreciation Problem: A Symposium: Relationship to Regulated Industry by J. A. Walls (1943) (0)
- Human Requirements for Buildings. (1972) (0)
- Exploring Minerals and Crystals: Book Review (1973) (0)
- Donald MacDonald and the Panama Canal (1993) (0)
- ABSTRACT. SOME CANADIAN WHARF-STRUCTURES OF STEEL SHEET-PILING. (1937) (0)
- APPENDIX D. Fishing on the Rideau Waterway (1986) (0)
- DISCUSSION. RAILWAY MODERNIZATION CONFERENCE. SUMMING UP. WRITTEN CONTRIBUTIONS. (1961) (0)
- Discussion of "Landslide Investigation and Correction" (1947) (0)
- Glacial geology of Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick: Reply (1981) (0)
- REVIEW OF PIONEER WORK IN EARTH PRESSURE DETERMINATION AND RECOMMENDATION FOR EARTH PRESSURE EVALUATION (1941) (0)
- Closure to “Discussions of ‘Clogging of Bituminous Coal in Bunkers’” (1947, Trans. ASME, 69, pp. 531–532) (1947) (0)
- GEOTECHNIQUE AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (1968) (0)
- The National Research Council of Canada (1960) (0)
- DISCUSSION. SOIL ENGINEERING AT STEEP ROCK IRON MINES, ONTARIO, CANADA. (1959) (0)
- Soil survey for engineering: Book review (1984) (0)
- Down the Years (1986) (0)
- The Engineer and the Community (1938) (0)
- SOIL TEMPERATURE STUDIES - A PROGRESS REPORT (1950) (0)
- The Ink Pots-a group of karst springs in the Rocky Mountains near Banff, Alberta: Discussion (1970) (0)
- GEOLOGY AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING (THE THIRTEENTH TERZAGHI LECTURE)-DISCUSSION AND CLOSURE (1980) (0)
- Engineering geology in Czechoslovakia: Book review (1970) (0)
- The metric system (1973) (0)
- Down the Rideau Poonamalie to Ottawa (1986) (0)
- Experiences with Ground Water on Construction (1962) (0)
- Permafrost Research in Northern Canada (1956) (0)
- Environmental geology; conservation, land-use planning, and resource management [book review] (1971) (0)
- APPENDIX A. References (1986) (0)
- Preface to the Millennium Reprint (1986) (0)
- Building the Canal (1986) (0)
- Bytown and Ottawa (1986) (0)
- DISCUSSION. FAILURE OF PRESTRESSED CONCRETE PIPE AT REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN. (1963) (0)
- CORRESPONDENCE. SOIL MECHANICS AND SITE EXPLORATION (No5292) & SOIL MECHANICS IN ROAD AND AERODROME CONSTRUCTION (No5297). (1942) (0)
- Discussion of "Influence of Geological Conditions on Uplift" (1963) (0)
- The Ottawa River Canals and Portage Railways (1967) (0)
- PEOPLE IN PUBLIC WORKS : COLONEL JOHN BY (1986) (0)
- The Quaternary and Civil Engineering (1982) (0)
- Environment and cities (1982) (0)
- National Research Council of Canada (1965) (0)
- History of Canadian Geology: Sir William Logan (1974) (0)
- Early Discoverers X Early Canadian Experiments on Ice (1784–1785) (1958) (0)
- The Soil Column Interpreting Soil Survey Information (1975) (0)
- DISCUSSION. RECENT RESEARCH INTO THE CONSTRUCTION OF CONCRETE PAVEMENTS. (1964) (0)
- Closure of "Geology and Geotechnical Engineering" (1980) (0)
- Discussion: “Experimental Study of the Flow of Coal in Chutes at Riverside Generating Station” (Wolf, E. E., and von Hohenleiten, H. L., 1945, Trans. ASME, 67, pp. 585–599) (1946) (0)
- Engineers and the Massey Report (1955) (0)
- LECTURE. WINTER CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE IN CANADA. (1965) (0)
- Discussion of The Queens Midtown Tunnel by Ole Singstad (1944) (0)
- Acknowledgments from the 1955 edition (1986) (0)
- Ice Pressure against Dams (1948) (0)
- DISCUSSION. THE STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF TANG-E SOLEYMAN DAM. (1963) (0)
- Discussion Of “Report of The Subcommittee on Sediment Terminology”, E. W. Lane, Chairman (1949) (0)
- National Research Council, Canada (1935) (0)
- The History of Canadian Geology: Sir Alexander Mackenzie and Geology (1976) (0)
- History of Canadian Geology: Early Canadian Record of Glacial Erratics (1983) (0)
- The Testing of Building Constructions—The Work of ASTM Committee E-6 on Methods of Testing Building Constructions (1962) (0)
- GEOLOGY AND TRANSPORTATION ROUTES (1958) (0)
- Discussion of Lateral Earth and Concrete Pressures by Lazarus White and George Paaswell (1939) (0)
- Note on the 1986 edition (1986) (0)
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