Rare Books

The civil engineer's pocket-book, : of mensuration, trigonometry, surveying, hydraulics, hydrostatics, instruments and their adjustments, strength of materials, masonry, principles of wooden and iron roof and bridge trusses, stone bridges and culverts, trestles, pillars, suspension bridges, dams, railroads, turnouts, turning-platforms, water stations, cost of earthwork, foundations, retaining walls. Etc., etc. etc. In addition to which the elucidation of certain important principles of construction is made in a more simple manner than heretofore