The great inventions : their history, from the earliest period to the present. Their influence on civilization, accompanied by sketches of lives of the principal inventors; their labors, their hardships and their triumphs (1883)
Wilkie, Franc B. (Franc Bangs), 1832-1892 · Philadelphia and Chicago, J. A. Ruth & co. · leaf 576
s of which the St. Louisbridge may be considered one of the greatest, but theothers are far from being of second-rate dimensions.Indeed, there are many who will not hesitate to assignhim the very front rank among the engineers of theworld should he succeed in his present undertaking,which is to so… … THE MISSISSIPPI JETTIES. 573 opinion of some of the most experienced engineers in theUnited States; and if he shall succeed, it will be a dis-appointment to many eminent experts who have believedthat his system is calculated to produce effects preciselyopposite to those he is aiming to accompHsh.…
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