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Excerpt from Practical and Theoretical Essay of Oblique BridgesThis extract, with its accompanying note, establishes two facts namely, the first, that oblique bridges are not of very recent date and the second, that the art was not, even lately, sufficiently matured to enable an Engineer to venture upon an oblique arch of large dimensions.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at...