First series of Railway practice a collection of working plans and practical details of construction in the Public works of the most celebrated engineers comprising roads tramroads and railroads bridges aqueducts viaducts wharfs warehouses roofs Volume Series 1-4 1847

Excerpt from First Series of Railway A Collection of Working Plans and Practical Details of Construction in the Public Works of the Most Celebrated Engineers; Comprising Roads, Tramroads, and Railroads; Bridges, Aqueducts, Viaducts, Wharfs, Warehouses, Roofs, and Sheds; Canals, Locks, Sluice
In presenting to the public the first volume of "Railway Practice," the author begs leave respectfully to explain the general intention and purpose of the publication.
It has long been his conviction that a work of this nature was required by practical and professional men, and that it would at all times prove acceptable to the public generally, yet more especially at the present moment, while railroads are the all-engrossing topic of conversation and discussion, and the subject of investigation the most acute and searching.
This early impression on the author's mind was confirmed by the opinion of gentlemen the best qualified to decide on such a question, and it became conviction when he was assured by his intelligent publisher, "that inquiries after such works were frequent, and the demand for information connected with them urgent." Satisfied, therefore, as to the paucity of such information, and the consequent value of any particulars descriptive of the minuti of this most important branch of engineering, he could not hesitate as to the propriety of producing his "Railway Practice," to which he now solicits the favourable notice of the reader.
The present volume has few pretensions as a work of art.
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