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THE

FIELD ENGINEER:

Handy Book of Practice

IN THE

SURVEY, LOCATION, AND TRACK-WORK OF
RAILROADS ;

CONTAINING

A LARGE COLLECTION OF RULES AND TABLES,

ORIGINAL AND SELECTED,

APPLICABLE TO BOTH THE STANDARD AND THE
NARROW GAUGE,

AND PREPARED WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO
THE WANTS OF

THE YOUNG ENGINEER.

BY

WILLIAM FINDLAY SHUNK, C.E.

SIXTEENTH EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED.

NEW YORK:

D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY,
23 MURRAY AND 27 WARREN STREETS.

COPYRIGHT, 1890, 1903,

BY D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY.