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Title: Handbook of Railroad Construction; For the use of American engineers.

Author: George L. Vose


Release date: March 6, 2018 [eBook #56688]

Language: English

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HANDBOOK
OF
 
RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION;
 
FOR THE USE OF
 
AMERICAN ENGINEERS.
 
CONTAINING THE
 
NECESSARY RULES, TABLES, AND FORMULÆ
 
FOR THE
 
LOCATION, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT, AND MANAGEMENT OF RAILROADS, AS BUILT IN THE UNITED STATES.
 
With 158 Illustrations

BY
GEORGE L. VOSE,
CIVIL ENGINEER
“Rules themselves oblige us to reflect, that we may see whether we have not departed from them.”—Napoleon.
BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE:
JAMES MUNROE AND COMPANY.
1857.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by
JAMES MUNROE AND COMPANY,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
CAMBRIDGE:
ALLEN AND FARNHAM, PRINTERS.