PHYSICS AND HYDRAULICS OF THE MISSISSIPI RIVER: Report of the U. S. Levee Commission. Reviewed by James B. Eads, C.E., St. Louis, February 19, 1876

EADS, James B.

Published by Picayune Steam Job Print, New Orleans, LA, 1876

About this Item

First edition. 8vo. 33 pp. Plan; printed slip at the title page "With the Compliments of the Author." Eads (1820-1887) planned and headed the construction of the great bridge across the Mississippi at St. Louis; "hardly had this work been completed (1874) when Eads proposed to Congress to open one of the mouths of the Mississippi River in the Gulf and maintain the channel," (DAB) a task successfully completed in 1879. Thompson 2519. Original printed purple wrappers (with a plain brown over-wrapper); the Franklin Institute copy with its stamps, ink accession numbers and a bookplate, noting "Presented to the F. Institute by J. B. Eads 10/24/76." Very good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: PHYSICS AND HYDRAULICS OF THE MISSISSIPI RIVER: Report of the U. S. Levee Commission. Reviewed by James B. Eads, C.E., St. Louis, February 19, 1876
• Publisher: Picayune Steam Job Print, New Orleans, LA
• Publication Date: 1876
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana