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WHEN the foundation stone of the present building of the Institution of Civil Engineers was laid in 1910 by the late Sir James Charles Inglis, then president of the Institution, the north-west corner could not be completed owing to the existence of a lease cover ing offices flanking that corner of the site. The demolition of the offices was, for various reasons, deferred until 1936; but the corner, with the con sequent internal modifications in the library and reading-room, is now practically completed (Fig. 1), and Princes Street, which is to be known as Rennie Street from July 1, 1937, has also been widened toits full width. The rebuilding of the north-west corner has allowed of an extension to the main library, in addition to extensions to the rooms on the other floors, and advantage is being taken of this extension to house, at the west end of the main library, the original collection of books, etc., presented by Thomas Telford to the Institution in 1820, which formed the nucleus of the existing library, now containing more than 62,000 volumes.
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Institution of Civil Engineers. Nature 139, 957–958 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139957c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/139957c0