Field Engineering: A Hand-Book of the Theory and Practice of Railway Surveying, Location, and Construction, Designed for the Class-Room, Field, and ... Original and Selected

Excerpt from Field Engineering: A Hand-Book of the Theory and Practice of Railway Surveying, Location, and Construction, Designed for the Class-Room, Field, and Office, and Containing a Large Number of Useful Tables, Original and SelectedIn the course of his practical experience as a railway engi neer, the author was strongly impressed with the want of a more complete hand-book for field use, and finally concluded, at the solicitation of his friends, to undertake the preparation of the present volume.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.