ABBOT, Edwin Hale. A Review of the Report upon the Physics and Hydraulics of the Mississippi River; upon the Protection of the Alluvial Region against Overflow; and upon the Deepening of the Mouths; based upon Surveys and Investigations made under Acts of Congress prepared by Capt. A.A. Humphreys and Lt. H. L. Abbot. [Reprinted from the North American Review, April, 1862.]
42 pp. 8vo, orig. printed wrappers. Boston: Crosby & Nichols, 1862. An extensive, detailed, and favorable review of Humphrey and Abbot's investigations of the questions of flood protection and channel improvements along the lower Mississippi. Their joint Report upon the Physics and Hydraulics of the Mississippi River (1861) became a standard authority on controlling the river. Very fine copy preserved in a box. Ex Bibliotheca Mechanica.
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