Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Moncure Robinson writes, "in practical mechanics the French must be at least one hundred years behind the English.. Here I can travel in no direction but I come across some fine specimens of art executed in this land of dull and plodding people." He goes on to describe the technical wonders of the "New London Bridge" and the Thames Tunnel, including the method of digging under the Thames River; he plans to study the canals and railroads of England and Holland before...