Excerpt from The Rudiments of Civil Engineering: Including a Treatise on Hydraulic Engineering The works of Mr. Henry Law and Mr. George R. Burnell on Civil Engineering, and specially on Hy draulio Engineering, first published about thirty years ago, have enjoyed an enduring reputation. But many changes, and many advances, have been made in the interval, if not so much in the principles, certainly in the practical development, of Works of Engineering; and the publishers have been induced to submit to me those treatises for revision, with instructions, at the same time, to expand and to supplement them with material embracing the most modern practice of engineers. 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.