Excerpt from Notes on Cylinder Bridge Piers and the Well System of Foundations: Especially Written to Assist Those Engaged in the Construction of Bridges, Quays, Docks, River-Walls, Weirs, Etc This book has been especially written to assist those engaged in designing or erecting Cylinder Bridge Piers and Abutments, and Concrete, Brick or Masonry Wells, as applied to Bridges, Quay Dock and river-walls, etc. Many of the chapters have recently appeared as serial articles in the engineering review. 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.