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 www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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 imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.