Excerpt from The Meigs Railway: The Reason for Its Departures From the Ordinary Practice, Its Departures, and How and Why a Safe Railway Is Possible Dear sir, - I have made for publication as short and concise an illustrated review of the whys of my system of railway as I can, and I send it to you with the hope that it will aid you in your investigations. My brother's (james L. Meigs) figures showing the principle of the construction of our girders and their correct proportion, together with those relative to the tests of ...
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Excerpt from The Meigs Railway: The Reason for Its Departures From the Ordinary Practice, Its Departures, and How and Why a Safe Railway Is Possible Dear sir, - I have made for publication as short and concise an illustrated review of the whys of my system of railway as I can, and I send it to you with the hope that it will aid you in your investigations. My brother's (james L. Meigs) figures showing the principle of the construction of our girders and their correct proportion, together with those relative to the tests of the way, I send to you, with the request that you return them after using, because they are the results of many years of labor and study, and would be of no use to publish in a review like this. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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