American Engineer and Railroad Journal, Vol. 74

Book excerpt: Excerpt from American Engineer and Railroad Journal, Vol. 74: January, 1900 The position and life work of Admiral Melville, Engineer-ln Chief of the United States Navy, promised an instructive and valuable address, and it was forceful, inspiring and satis factory as showing the in uence of the engineer in the high development and efficiency of our naval protection. 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."