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Excerpt from Transporter BridgesFive years later, an elaborate plan for a transporter bridge over the Thames, was prepared by L. Mills and A. Twyman of North Shields, with a center opening 200 feet in Width and 80 feet high. The upper platform, reached by elevators in the towers, was to have provision for pedestrian travel, so that foot passengers could cross at all times.As transporter bridges are especially suitable for crossing harbor entra...

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Excerpt from Highway Bridge Over the Miami River at Elizabethtown, Ohio: The Longest Simple-Truss Span As the bridge is the longest truss bridge span in existence, it will continue to be of special interest, at any rate until such time as its length is exceeded. It is possible that at some future time, the account may be revised and enlarged. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find...

Excerpt from Engineering of Shops and Factories This book is based upon the writer's personal observations, study and experience, covering a period of more than twenty years in this line of work. It is a sequel, and supplementary to his other book entitled Mill Buildings, and, excepting in a few cases, parts which are fully treated there are not repeated here. Additional information and costs on some subjects have been included, which have co...

Excerpt from A Treatise on the Design and Construction of Mill Buildings: And Other Industrial Plants This book is the outcome of a smaller one entitled Mill Build ing Construction, written in 1896 and given to the publishers in 1900. These books are based on the personal experience of the writer, covering a period of twenty years in designing and esti mating buildings, bridges and other structural work, and most of their contents is from his...

Excerpt from War With Russia: Operations of the Allied ArmiesKilid-bahr, the most important fortress on the European side of the Dardanelles, has 155 cannons, ' the opposite fortress, sultani-kalessi, in Asia, has 196 cannons. The batteries on the European shores number 332 cannons and four mortars° those on the Asiatic coast have 814 cannon and four mortars: making, together, cannons and eight mortars.Rodesto is a ¿ourishing commercial town, ...

Excerpt from The History of the War With Russia, Vol. 3: Giving Full Details of the Operations of the Allied Armies, Illustrated by a Series of Celebrated Commanders, Events of the War, Battle Scenes, Views of Celebrated Places in the Seat of War EtcI shall again endeavour to bring the mushir to reason on all points connected with this despatch if I fail, I am prepared to adopt that course which the urgency of our affairs demands at my hands.A...

Excerpt from The History of the War With Russia, Vol. 2: Giving Full Details of the Operations of the Allied Armies, Illustrated by a Series of Celebrated Commanders, Events of the War, Battle Scenes, Views of Celebrated Places in the Seat of War Etc State Of Affairs At 8Ebastopol, Skirmish At The Ovens, Neglect And Sufferings Of Our Troops, Revolting Condition Of Balaklava, Austria Enters Into An Alliance With France And England, Conditions ...

Excerpt from Shenandoah: Love and War in the Valley of Virginia, 1861-5, Based Upon the Famous Play by Bronson Howard About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing ...

Excerpt from The Doubtful Plays of Shakspere: Revised From the Original Editions With Historical and Analytical Introductions and Notes Critical and Explanatory This tragedy has usually been printed with the works of Shakspere, although most of the poet's editors have denied that it is a product of his pen, and have even treated it with contemptuous disregard, as unworthy of criticism. Theobald thought that Shakspere restored it to the stage,...

Excerpt from History of Bridge EngineeringHistory is very fully taught in Schools of Architecture, but up to the present, very little time or thought has been given in the Engineering Schools to the History of Engineering, which is cer tainly quite as worthy of attention. The absence of such courses is generally ascribed to insufficient time and the dearth of litera ture. A need for this book is therefore evident, especially as there is at pre...

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