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Excerpt from Wave Action: In Relation to Engineering Structures It is therefore a source of regret to the writer that so little time was available, after these instruments were installed, for investigating their action during storms, and adopting such modifications or improvements in construction as might be shown to be desirable. It had been his intention not to submit the results of his observations upon shallow-water waves until he had secured much fuller observations with diaphragm dynamometers, but his assignment in the spring of 1903 to duties of a purely military character precluded the possibility of securing such observations, and it was therefore thought best to present what had thus far been obtained, hoping that others would continue investigations in this important field, which has been as yet so scantily covered. 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.