Excerpt from Syllabus of Lectures on Civil Engineering in the University of Georgia
On land, he digs tunnels through hills or mountains, he sinks Artesian wells one or two thousand feet deep, and builds those massive machines or structures which require great strength and superior mechanical skill in their con Struction.
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