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Title: Ancient and modern engineering and the Isthmian canal

Author: William H. Burr


Release date: April 19, 2025 [eBook #75910]

Language: English

Original publication: New York: J. Wiley & Sons, 1903

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ANCIENT AND MODERN ENGINEERING AND THE ISTHMIAN CANAL ***

ANCIENT AND MODERN
ENGINEERING
AND
THE ISTHMIAN CANAL.

BY
WILLIAM H. BURR, C.E.,

Professor of Civil-Engineering in Columbia University;
Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and of
the Institution of Civil Engineers of Great Britain.

FIRST EDITION.
FIRST THOUSAND.

NEW YORK:
JOHN WILEY & SONS.
London: CHAPMAN & HALL, Limited.
1903.

Copyright, 1902,
BY
WILLIAM H. BURR

ROBERT DRUMMOND, PRINTER, NEW YORK.