Dr. John Stanley Terrington (28 December 1903 - 1987) was a British

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known for his writings on the use of concrete in construction in the mid twentieth century. Terrington was a graduate of the

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(BSc), an associate of the

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(ACGI), and an associate member of the

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. He later obtained his PhD and was a lecturer at

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(now London South Bank University).Terrington, J.S. (1965) ''Surveying and levelling''. London.

Selected publications

*''The calculation of bending and torsional effects in girders''. B.S.C., 1958. *''The calculation of stresses in beams and girders due to simultaneous transverse bending & torsion''.

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, 1968. *''Combined bending and torsion of beams and girders: the calculation of stresses in beams and girders due to simultaneous transverse bending and torsion''. British Constructional Steelwork Association, 1968. *''Design of arch ribs for reinforced concrete roofs''. Concrete Publications, London, 1937. *''Design of arch roofs''. Concrete Publications, London, 1937. (

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) *
Design of domes
'. Concrete Publications, London, 1937. (Reprinted from '' Concrete and Constructional Engineering'') (Concrete Series) *''Design of non-planar concrete roofs''. Concrete Publications, London, 1964. (Concrete Series) (With Frederick Henry Turner) *''Design of pyramid roofs''. Concrete Publications, London, 1939. (Concrete Series) *''Surveying and levelling''. London, 1939. (Lockwood's Modern Handbooks)

References

British civil engineers 1903 births 1987 deaths British non-fiction writers Concrete Alumni of the University of London Academics of London South Bank University 20th-century non-fiction writers {{UK-engineer-stub