Excerpt from Science, Vol. 14 An investigation of the cause of the failure of the South Fork dam is now being made by, a committee appointed under a recent resolution of this society, who have just returned from a visit to the scene of the disaster. Examinations and measurements of the structure and its sur roundings, and extensive information obtained from various sources, will enable the committee to submit to the so'ciety in due' time a comprehensive statement of the conditions and circumstances which have induced and contributed to this most disastrous fail ure. 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.