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and of three other courses of lectures on the same subject, delivered at the Royal School of Military Engineering at Brompton Barracks, Chatham. Many new descriptions are treated of, and a great number of experiments on the strength of timber are given in detail as well as in the abstract. Further, there are some useful notes on seasoning timber far use, and the best means to be taken for its preservation.
THOMAS LASLETT.
58, Maryon Road, Charlton, S.E.
September, 1875.
