Engineering Work In Towns And Small Cities

Author : Ernest McCullough
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330322475
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (224 download)

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Download or read book Engineering Work in Towns and Cities written by Ernest McCullough and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Engineering Work in Towns and Cities The publishers say a preface is necessary; otherwise this would not have been written, for the first chapter is essentially an extended preface. In 1893 a report was made to the Trustees of a small town in California, on matters pertaining to municipal improvements, by the author, who then held the dual position of Town Engineer and Street Superintendent, incidentally serving also as Engineer for the local Board of Health. Titles were cheaper than fees and the average Councilman thinks titles have a charm for engineers. In 1894 the articles were collected in pamphlet form under the name of "Public Works, A Treatise on Subjects of Interest to Municipal Officials." The book was nicely received and some of the reviews were almost a reprint; not a difficult thing in view of the few pages it contained. In 1900 it was entirely re-written and the number of pages multiplied by three. This second edition also had a flattering sale. As the first had been purchased largely by engineers, the second edition was more of an engineer's book and the title was modestly changed to read ''Municipal Public Works, An Elementary Manual of Municipal Engineering." That title might have been retained had not Mr. Whinery in 1903 brought out his book, "Municipal Public Works," intended solely for the non-technical reader. In 1906 the first edition of the present book appeared. It was essentially the pamphlet of fifteen years ago; the same book grown up. It aimed to fill a want experienced by all engineers on first taking up the duties of city or town engineer. So far as the author could ascertain, there was then no book to be had covering the ground. How well it met the need has seemingly been evidenced by the number of appreciative letters received by the author. It has made him grateful and humble. It has also fired his ambition to do better some day. The first edition of "Engineering Work in Towns and Cities" was really two books. 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.