Earth And Rock Excavation PDF Download

Excerpt from Earth and Rock Excavation: A Practical Treatise There is hardly a class of engineering construction into which excavation of earth or rock does not enter to some extent, and in many engineering works excavation is by far the largest item of labor and expense. Despite these facts English engineering literature is almost barren of books which treat of earth and rock excavation in a concise and comprehensive manner having regard both for the planning and computation of such work and for the methods and machines by which it is accomplished. The present book is an attempt to supply this deficiency and has been written with the following objects chiefly in view: First to con centrate in a small volume descriptions of the different operations which are required for planning and executing any work of exca vation in either earth or rock; second, to classify and describe clearly the various implements and machines used for excavating and hauling away the material. So far as the author knows, there is no book in the English language which covers these fields. 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.