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"Treatise On the Setting Out of Railway Curves" by David Livingston, originally published in 1873, is a comprehensive guide to railway surveying and construction. This meticulous treatise offers detailed instructions and tables for accurately setting out railway curves, essential for the safe and efficient operation of railways. The book is specifically arranged for measurements in feet and imperial links, making it a practical resource for engineers and surveyors of the time. Livingston's work includes extensive tables of angles, distances, and offsets, allowing for precise calculations and…mehr

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"Treatise On the Setting Out of Railway Curves" by David Livingston, originally published in 1873, is a comprehensive guide to railway surveying and construction. This meticulous treatise offers detailed instructions and tables for accurately setting out railway curves, essential for the safe and efficient operation of railways. The book is specifically arranged for measurements in feet and imperial links, making it a practical resource for engineers and surveyors of the time. Livingston's work includes extensive tables of angles, distances, and offsets, allowing for precise calculations and measurements in the field. Though tailored for imperial units, the methods presented are adaptable to any unit of measurement, showcasing the enduring principles of railway engineering. This historical text provides valuable insights into the techniques and challenges faced by engineers during the rapid expansion of railway networks in the 19th century, and it remains a fascinating resource for historians of technology and civil engineering. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.