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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=WBYAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA483 "Public Works in the Bengal Presidency"] by Major General George Borlase Tremenheere, of the Bengal Engineers from ''Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers'' (Great Britain) 1858 page 483 (Google Books). He also gave evidence in 1858 to a House Of Commons Select Committe on Colonisation and Settlement in India, see [http://books.google.com/books?id=wrASAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Parliamentary Papers'' 1858 (Google Books)].
*''Engineer's Journal and Railway, Public Works and Mining Gazette of India and the Colonies'' (Volume I title: ''Engineer's Journal and Railway and Public Works Chronicle of India and the Colonies'') Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=j88yAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume 1] Published Calcutta 1858 [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=j88yAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 Contents]; [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=NtEzAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 Volume II] 1859 [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=NtEzAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 Contents]; [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=E9wzAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume IV ] 1861 [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=E9wzAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 Contents]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=SJ4EAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''The Bombay Builder: an illustrated journal of engineering architecture, science & art Volume 1''] 1865 Google Books
*''Index Scholasticus: Sons and daughters. A guide to parents in the choice of educational institutions, preparatory to professional or other occupation of their children'' by R. Kemp Philp 1872 Archive.org includes
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924101205643#page/n171/mode/2up Entrance requirements c 1872 Civil Engineering Service in India] page 162
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/waysandworksini02macggoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''Ways and works in India being an account of the public works in that country from the earliest times up to the present day''] by G. W. Macgeorge 1894 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/electricityinind00bomb#page/n7/mode/2up ''Electricity in India , being a history of the Tata Hydro- Electric Project with notes on the Mill Industry in Bombay''], edited by SM Rutnagur 1912 Archive.org. Contains a [http://www.archive.org/stream/electricityinind00bomb#page/76/mode/2up List of Engineers]
*[http://booksdli.googleserc.comiisc.ernet.in/books?id=SJ4EAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover handle/2015/3385 ''Indian Engineering''The Bombay Builder] by William Lumisden Strange 1923. Full title: an illustrated journal ''Indian engineering, relating to irrigation, water supply of engineering architecturetowns, science & art Volume 1roads and buildings''] 1865 Google Books. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://bhagirathi.iitr.ac.in/dspace/ Bhagirathi - The Institute Repository of IIT Roorkee] in the [http://bhagirathi.iitr.ac.in/dspace/handle/123456789/158 Archives collection of the Central Library] has books and documents relating to Rourkee and Engineering which may be downloaded as pdfs. As an example searching for Roorkee gives the following [http://bhagirathi.iitr.ac.in/dspace/handle/123456789/158/simple-search?query=Roorkee publications]
*[https://archive.org/details/roorkeetreatiseo030592mbp ''Roorkee Treatise On Civil Engineering Section IX: Railways''] revised by W R Horn, Assistant Secretary, Railway Board 7th Edition 1929 Archive.org
