Read Ebook: Handbook of Railroad Construction; For the use of American engineers. Containing the necessary rules tables and formulæ for the location construction equipment and management of railroads as built in the United States. by Vose George L George Leonard

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-- 27, l. 1, for "at the place," read "at the right place."

-- 28, l. 29, for "reconnoitre," read "reconnoissance."

-- 38, l. 10 from bottom, for "276," read "268."

-- 39, l. 10 from bottom, for "142.13," read "143.13"; and last line, for "58.46," read "48.46."

-- 40, l. 7, for "10310,667," read "10,277,333."

-- 42, l. 9, for "Thus," read "These."

-- 42, l. 8 from bottom, for "2?.81 or 2? 48?.6" read "2?.86 or 2?.51.6."

-- 43, l. 27, for "Hencke," read "Henck."

-- 47, 48, 49, for "McCullum," read "McCallum."

-- 47, l. 18, for "distance," read "resistance."

-- 48, l. 6, for "infringing," read "impinging"; line 9, for "slacking," read "shackling"; l. 8 from bottom, for "increased," read "increases."

-- 50, l. 17, for "110 + 15.60," read "110 + 15.62."

-- 52, l. 15, for "45.59," read "45.49"; also l. 17, for "1132," read "11.32."

-- 58, l. 10, for "of size," read "and size."

-- 58, l. 5 from bottom, for "one cent," read "/100 of a cent."

-- 61, l. 3, for "are necessary," read "are not necessary."

-- 63, l. 28, for "stretches," read "stretchers."

-- 65, l. 15, for "spanded," read "spandrel."

-- 71, l. 6 from bottom, for "left," read "let."

-- 73, l. 19, for "chains," read "chairs."

-- 74, l. 5, for "across ties," read "on cross-ties."

-- 74, l. 12, for "28 inches," read "27 inches."

-- 75, l. 18, for "land," read "haul."

-- 76, l. 8, for "top," read "bottom," and for "charred when," read "charred where."

-- 76, l. 11, for "twopenny," read "tenpenny."

-- 78, l. 1 and 2, for "base," read "basis."

-- 84, l. 13, for "as," read "or."

-- 89, l. 6, for "Whenever," read "Wherever"; l. 12, for "Letting," read "Setting."

-- 90, l. 4, for "cost," read "cut."

-- 93, l. 6, for "37 and 38," read "36 and 37."

-- 95, l. 1, for "beach," read "bench"; l. 3, for "to so," read "so to"; l. 13, for "b being 10 ft. back of 2 is ... 100.00," read "b being 10 ft. back of 2 is 0.1 ft. higher than 2, or ... 100.10."

-- 102, l. 1, head of middle col., for "Slopes 1 1/4 ," read "Slopes 1 1/2 ."

-- 103, l. 4 from bottom, for "and ten feet," read "and one end ten feet."

-- 104, l. 9, for "any," read "very."

-- 108, l. 9, for "Elwood," read "Ellwood."

-- 115, l. 5, for "a loam," read "a berm"; l. 16, for "a rent," read "a vent."

-- 117, l. 7, for "volcanic," read "voltaic."

-- 117, l. 9, for "Round Drum," read "Round Down."

-- 117, l. 18, for "Col. Puseling," read "Col. Pasley."

-- 118, l. 2, for "Maillefaut," read "Maillefert."

-- 118, l. 16, for "insert," read "invert."

-- 118, l. 25, for "quointed," read "grouted."

-- 119, l. 30, for "furnished," read "finished."

-- 120, Table, for "Nochistingo," read "Nochistongo"; for "Supperton," read "Sapperton"; and for "Black Rock, W. S." read "Black Rock, U. S."

-- 121, l. 19, for "Belchingly," read "Blechingly."

-- 125, in table at bottom, for "90/69," read "90/66," and for "140, 20/140, 20/160 or 0.13," read "111, 20/111, 20/131, or 0.15."

-- 126, l. 1, for "extensive," read "extensile."

-- 127, l. 10, for "67,200," read "65,251."

-- 127, l. 26, for "Hodgekinson," read "Hodgkinson."

-- 128, l. 4, for "12000," read "11000."

-- 128, l. 15 and 22, for "Hodgekinson," read "Hodgkinson."

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