Excerpt from Periodical Engineering Literature, 1879: Published in the English Language The preparation of this List was commenced some months since, with the intention of ascertaining the extent of periodical literature containing articles of interest to the engineer, published in the English language, and for that purpose the most important libraries of Washington, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Cambridge (mass), were visited, and authentic information collected relating to the history of each of the periodicals herein mentioned asfar as it is possible to do so. In many cases a complete series of the periodicals could not be found. The list is arranged alphabetically, according to the original title of the publication. 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.

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