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HANDBOOK
OF
RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION;
FOR THE USE OF
AMERICAN ENGINEERS.
CONTAINING THE
NECESSARY RULES, TABLES, AND FORMULÆ
FOR THE
LOCATION, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT, AND MANAGEMENT OF RAILROADS, AS BUILT IN THE UNITED STATES.
With 158 Illustrations

GEORGE L. VOSE,

CIVIL ENGINEER

“Rules themselves oblige us to reflect, that we may see whether we have not departed from them.”—Napoleon.

BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE:

JAMES MUNROE AND COMPANY.

1857.

HANDBOOKOFRAILROAD CONSTRUCTION;FOR THE USE OFAMERICAN ENGINEERS.CONTAINING THENECESSARY RULES, TABLES, AND FORMULÆFOR THELOCATION, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT, AND MANAGEMENT OF RAILROADS, AS BUILT IN THE UNITED STATES.With 158 Illustrations