Syllabus of lectures on civil engineering in the University of Georgia.
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9781425511722
Subjects: History / United States / General
First sentence: Along the sea, he builds sea-walls to protect the shore from being worn away by the waves; dry docks and floating docks, to receive ships for examination and repairs; light-houses, where they are exposed to the violence of the ocean; and break-waters, to form an artificial harbor in which ships may ride in safety, when a storm in raging without.