Drewry, C: Memoir on Suspension Bridges -

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Excerpt from A Memoir on Suspension Bridges: Comprising the History of Their Origin and Progress, and of Their Application to Civil and Military Purposes; With Description of Some of the Most Important Bridges In a work Of this character, much, particularly in the descriptive part, must, from its very nature, be compilation; and, accordingly, much has been se lected from the scattered information communicated by other writers, in detached accounts, and in Papers and Reports printed in various scientific Journals. 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 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.