A manual of the principles and practice of road-making: comprising the location construction and improvement of roads common macadam paved plank etc. and rail-roads
184758152New York: published by A. S. Barnes & Co. 51 John-Street 1847. 8vo pp. 336; 155 figures in the text; original brown cloth gilt-stamped spine; covers lightly rubbed; spine extremities chipped; otherwise very good. Early ownership signature of "AJ Brown." A popular and durable text. A tenth edition was reached by 1871. Gillespie 1816-68 was the first professor of civil engineering at Union College. To quote the DAB this work "was quickly recognized as useful in its field and held its place until long after his death." Hindle in his Technology in early America p. 59 notes it as "an excellent treatise on road construction." Kress C.7094. <br/><br/> published by A. S. Barnes & Co., 51 John-Street hardcover books
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